Calling all UW students from all campuses!
Do you have an innovative idea that would enhance the UW student experience? The Husky Seed Fund has the resources to make your idea a reality! Created by students for students, The Husky Seed Fund provides up to $5,000 for you, or a small team, to pursue your passions and bring your projects to life.
Awardees develop project management and leadership skills while they execute impactful and inventive strategies to elevate the Husky Experience. This is a truly unique opportunity to strengthen the entire Husky community by promoting inclusivity and helping to make all students feel that they have a home at the UW. A previously funded project which has received statewide recognition is the Husky Cookbook.
We are also proud to support the 2020 winners:
The Husky Experience Student Advisory Council encourages all students to explore the Husky Seed Fund website, attend an information session, and/or contact seedfund@uw.edu for more information.
Follow the Husky Seed Fund on Facebook and Instagram to see the impact of previously funded projects and stay up to date on award news!
Eligibility:
- All UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students from any campus are encouraged to apply.
- Applications can be individual or team-based.
- All team members must be in good academic standing (each with a minimum 2.5 GPA for undergraduates and 3.0 for graduate and professional students).
- Projects must involve a UW faculty or staff member as a mentor.
Information Sessions and Application Writing Workshops:
Get all of your questions answered wherever you are! These hour-long information sessions will be available for free, remote streaming via Zoom for all UW students.
- Tuesday, March 9: 4:30 p.m., Zoom meeting ID: 956 894 9283
- Wednesday, March 10: 4:30 p.m., Zoom meeting ID: 956 894 9283
Application Dates:
- Applications close: March 30, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
- Semi-finalists will be contacted on April 8, 2021 and invited for interviews
Apply here:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/seedfund/402972
Highlighted News:
*Newly Added*
New COVID-related Guidance for Grantees
Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual National Research Service Award (F31 and F32) grants as well as Career Development (K01 & K23) grants which have significantly suffered (above and beyond lost research productivity that most individuals experienced) due to COVID-19 related shutdowns, may be eligible for extensions as per NOT-OD-21-052. Please contact David Banks for more information.
Winter Grant Writing Bootcamp
March-April 2021– online
The UW ALACRITY Center is offering a virtual Winter 2021 Grant Writing Bootcamp for faculty (and staff who contribute to submissions) in the psychosocial sciences who have an upcoming application deadline.
Overall Objective: To provide guidance and instruction to faculty submitting grant proposals to NIH (particularly NIMH) in how to submit successful proposals focused on behavioral interventions and implementation strategies such as psychotherapy, case management, digital health/technology, and implementation strategies such as training, shared decision making, and quality support/measurement.
Course objectives: Learners will:
- Obtain group-based guidance during the proposal preparation process
- Become familiar with how to set up your proposal for success and understand the review process at NIH
- Be able to write clear and succinct specific aims
- Identify and match your study aims to NIH research priorities
- Identify theory and mechanisms of action
- Select and write the best methodological approach for your hypotheses
To participate:
Please email katieost@uw.edu if you would like to participate in this series and you will be added to the calendar invitations for each session.
Check your Online CV!
Please go online here and check the CV that is online for you. Many of these have not been updated for years and we want to make sure we are putting our/your best foot forward to everyone. Please send your updated CVs to sswtech@uw.edu as soon as possible. Thank you!
New Publication
Berridge, C., Demiris, G. & Kaye, J. (2021). Domain Experts on Dementia-Care Technologies: Mitigating Risk in Design and Implementation. Science & Engineering Ethics 27(14).
Selected Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities
Data Science for Global Good summer program
Deadlines:
Call for Project Proposals: Open through February 23
This program is an opportunity to work closely with data science professionals and students to make better use of your data. The Data Science for Social Good summer program at the UW eScience Institute brings together data scientists and domain researchers to work on focused, collaborative projects for societal benefit. If you would like to discuss your idea before submitting a proposal, please reach out to Program Chair Anissa Tanweer (tanweer@uw.edu).
Research on Juvenile Justice Topics
Deadline: February 25, 2021
This funding opportunity seeks proposals for studies that advance knowledge and understanding in one of the following two priority topic areas: 1.) Juvenile justice responses to the COVID-19 pandemic or 2.) deinstitutionalization of status offenders.
Royalty Research Fund (RRF)
Due March 1, 2021
The Royalty Research Fund (RRF) is a competitive awards program that provides research support to University of Washington faculty. The purpose of the RRF is to advance new directions in research, particularly:
- In disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal
- For faculty who are junior in rank
- In cases where funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding.
The RRF welcomes proposals with budgets up to $40,000. Proposals must demonstrate a high probability of generating important new creative activities or scholarly understandings, new scholarly materials or resources, significant data or information, or essential instrumentation. Proposals from all disciplines are welcome. The success rate for applicants averages 25%. For any questions about the program, please contact Peter Wilsnack (doogieh@uw.edu), (206) 685-9316.
Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program
Due March 1, 2021
Two new funding announcements have been released to enhance inclusive excellence at NIH-funded institutions. See RFA-RM-20-022 and RFA-RM-20-023. The FIRST program will provide funds for faculty recruitment and to establish inclusive environments at participating institutions to help those faculty succeed. A technical assistance webinar will be held on January 25, 2020, from 2:00-4:00pm EST.
Wayne F. Placek Grants
Due March 1, 2021
to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. Eligibility: Applicants must be either a doctoral-level researcher or graduate student. Due March 1, 2021.
Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: March 02, 2021
This funding opportunity announcement aims to support research to strengthen the healthcare response to COVID-19. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to focus on the role and impact of digital health interventions (e.g., mobile health, telemedicine and telehealth, health information technology, and wearable devices) to address access, reach, delivery, effectiveness, scalability and sustainability of health assessments and interventions for secondary effects (e.g., behavioral health or self-management of chronic conditions) that are utilized during and following the pandemic, particularly in populations who experience health disparities and vulnerable populations.
Research on Juvenile Justice Topics
Deadline: March 11, 2021
With this solicitation, NIJ, in collaboration with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), seeks proposals for rigorous research projects that inform policy and practice in the field of juvenile justice. Specifically, this solicitation seeks proposals for studies that advance knowledge and understanding in one of the following two priority topic areas: (1) juvenile justice responses to the COVID-19 pandemic or (2) deinstitutionalization of status offenders. Applicants and their potential partners are encouraged to review the NACJD policies and protections at (NACJD).
Tribal-Researcher Capacity-Building Grants
Deadline: March 15, 2021
This funding opportunity seeks applications to fund new tribal-researcher capacity-building planning grants involving scientists working with tribal nations and organizations to develop tangible and mutually beneficial criminal or juvenile justice research studies that are rigorous and culturally appropriate. Research proposals must be tribally driven and address the challenges of fighting crime and strengthening justice systems in Indian country and Alaska Native villages.
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women
Deadline: March 16, 2021
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women grants support research and evaluation projects examining the issue of violence against women and the effectiveness of criminal justice system responses, procedures, and policies in addressing the problem. The program seeks to develop independent knowledge and tools to enhance law enforcement efforts to reduce violence and promote the safety of women, including elderly women and American Indian/Alaska Native women and girls, and their family members. Priority will be given to applications that address challenges in rural communities, that benefit individuals from high-poverty or persistent-poverty counties, and that enhance public safety in economically distressed communities or Opportunity Zones.
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Health Policy Research Scholar Program with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Application Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a leadership opportunity for second-year full-time doctoral students from populations underrepresented in specific doctoral disciplines and/or historically marginalized backgrounds. Examples of eligible individuals include, but are not limited to, first-generation college graduates, individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, individuals from communities of color, and individuals with disabilities. Scholars will:
- Participate in policy and leadership development trainings and coursework via webinars and other virtual learning technology.
- Receive an annual stipend of up to $30,000 for up to four years or until you complete your doctoral program (whichever is sooner).
- Receive training in health policy translation, dissemination, communication, health equity, and population health.
- Continue learning and working from their home institutions.
- Establish and strengthen professional ties to public health and policy leaders.
- Be eligible for a competitive dissertation grant of up to $10,000.
Research on Biopsychosocial Factors of Social Connectedness and Isolation on Health, Well Being, Illness, and Recovery
Deadline: March 17, 2021
This program provides grants for research projects that examine how social isolation and social connectedness affect outcomes in health, illness, recovery, and overall well being. Areas of focus include:
- Effects of social connectedness, connection, and isolation across the lifespan
- Mechanisms of connectedness, connection, and isolation, including neurobiological, behavioral, and environmental factors
- Knowledge representation and behavioral development
Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.
Behavioral Interventions Scholars Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families- Dissertation Funding
Deadline: March 21, 2021
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) anticipates soliciting applications for Behavioral Interventions Scholars grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are using approaches grounded in behavioral science or behavioral economics to examine specific research questions of relevance to social services programs and policies.
National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families Research Scholars Program
Deadline: March 31, 2021
The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families (the Center) invites advanced doctoral students (those with All-But-Dissertation, or “ABD”, status) and early career scholars (up to five years post-Ph.D.) to submit applications for its Research Scholars Program. Up to two awards will be given to scholars to work remotely with a Center mentor in an applied research setting and be part of a collaborative research team. Scholars will collaborate with Center investigators on an existing project in one of the following areas: early care and education; poverty reduction and self-sufficiency; and cross-cutting topics
HIPRC Rivara Endowment Injury Research Award Program
Deadline: April 2, 2021
The HIPRC Rivara Endowment Injury Research Award program is designed to provide resources to graduate students, post-doctoral trainees, and fellows looking to conduct an injury-related project. A maximum of $3,000 (direct costs only) is available to be used towards the work. The work must be completed within one year of funding or before the applicant finishes their training program, whichever comes first. This includes submission of a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal and presentation of findings at an HIPRC Works-in-Progress Session. Budget year is July 1-June 30. For application instructions please email hiprc@uw.edu.
Research and Evaluation on the Police Response to Homelessness
Deadline: April 5, 2021
This funding opportunity seeks proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects to conduct exploratory research and secondary/open data analysis to assess the range of practices, strategies, and tactics used by police to respond to homelessness. Applicants must propose case studies, among other research activities, to establish the complexity and breadth of public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions connected to the police response to homelessness.
Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
LOI Deadline: April 21, 2021
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations.
Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
LOI Deadline: May 5, 2021
This award funds research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. This includes investing in high-quality field-initiated studies on improving the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. Of interest is research on improving the use of research evidence by state and local decision-makers, mid-level managers, and intermediaries. It welcomes investigations about research use in various systems, including justice, child welfare, mental health, and education.
NIDA Diversity Supplement Program
Deadline: May 11, 2021
This program provides support for underrepresented post-baccalaureates, pre-doctoral students, post-doctorates, and early-stage investigators to prepare for an independent career in addiction research. PIs with HIV/AIDS-related grants are particularly encouraged to apply. See FAQs and How to Apply.
Events and Lectures
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences Career Development Series
February 24, 12:00-1:05pm
An Editor’s View on Publishing a Paper (online zoom event): A journal editor will review the most common reasons for a paper to be rejected and how to avoid those pitfalls Speaker: Nora Disis, MD, Associate Dean, Translational Science, University of Washington School of Medicine, Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helen B. Slonaker Endowed Professor for Cancer Research.
*Newly Added*
UW Office of Global Affairs presents, Black History Month Global Discussion
February 24, 5:30-6:45pm
Global Perspectives on Restorative Justice & Race: Conversation – Fania Davis, civil rights activist. This event is free and open to the public. Register here.
The Simpson Center for Humanities, Katz Distinguished Lecture: Making Abolition Geographies
February 25, 4:30pm.
Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s work has led the way in showing that abolition is a practical program for urgent change based in the needs, talents, and dreams of vulnerable people. Scholars and community organizers join her for a conversation about decarceration and community-based approaches to generating well-being and addressing harm. Speaker: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (2007). She is Director of the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the City University of New York Graduate Center where she is Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences. To register, click here.
Webinar: The Development of Culturally Grounded, Trauma-Informed Prevention Programs in Indigenous Communities
February 25, 2021, 1:00-2:30pm
Prevention of the behavioral health inequities faced by many Indigenous communities can be strengthened by centering Indigenous ways of knowing in the development and adaptation of prevention programs designed to mitigate the impact of intergenerational trauma on health. This webinar will provide insight into the importance of culturally-based, trauma-informed early intervention for families, an introduction to a culturally grounded prevention program developed within one tribal community, and an opportunity to reflect on how a decolonizing approach can be applied to prevention science in Indian country. Registration required; cost is free.
Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.
*Newly Added*
Strengthening Families/Fortaleciendo Familias: Delivery and Impact on Latina Families
March 17, 2021, 11:00am-12:30pm
The evidence-based prevention program, Fortaleciendo Familias (Strengthening Families), is being delivered both in-person and virtually across communities in the Pacific Northwest Region. This webinar will identify strategies for effective delivery of the program and its impact on Latina families. Special considerations will also be discussed for meeting the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse communities. The webinar will also explore strategies to increase evaluation responses, address the linguistic needs of communities, and how to pivot from in-person to virtual delivery. Register here.
School of Social Work: Research Conversations
April 7, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm (Zoom link here)
May 5, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm (Zoom link here)
Purpose: The Office for Faculty Excellence and Research will host a coming together of colleagues to learn and share in informal conversations to support each others’ work. This gathering is planned to be something very different from our usual formal research presentations or colloquia series. It is an opportunity to get to know our colleagues better by hearing a presentation of an unformed study idea, or paper, or anything related to research, and then brainstorming reactions by offering each other insights and support to shape and refine this in-process research into a finer scholarly product.
Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization
April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families.
Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology
May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW.
Racial Violence and the Fight for Racial Justice
March 12, 2021, 11:00am-12:00pm
This panel, part 4 of the 4-part Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality and Race (WISIR) series on Contemporary Race & Politics in the United States, will discuss where we stand now one year after Breonna Taylor’s death. Registration required.
Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions
June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW.
Conferences and Workshops
Building Protection Using the Social Development Strategy (SDS)
This no-cost, 6-session distance learning series offers an interactive forum for participants to explore how to build protection in communities, schools, and families using the Social Development Strategy (SDS). This series offers 13 Continuing Education hours, and space is limited to 25 participants. Sessions run from February 18, 2021-March 31, 2021. More information can be found here.
An Editor’s View on Publishing a Paper
February 24, 2021, 12:00-1:05pm
In this online session, part of the Career Development series offered by the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), a journal editor will review the most common reasons for a paper to be rejected and how to avoid those pitfalls. Cost is free. Registration required.
Digital Storytelling 101
February 25, 2021 12:00-1:00pm.
Are you engaged in exciting work you wish you could communicate to a broader audience? Curious about what you can do with a digital story? Unsure of where to start? The UW Libraries and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences invite you to attend a virtual workshop on the basics of using digital-storytelling skills and technologies. The workshop will guide you through the process of envisioning and creating a video or podcast that tells a story in an engaging and imaginative way. Free and open to any School of Medicine faculty, staff or trainee. No previous experience with media-making is necessary. Questions? Email Becky Sladek at rsladek@uw.edu. Register here.
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CFAR Qualitative Research Workshop Series: Grant Writing
Monday, March 22, 2021
This workshop will provide an overview of how to write grants that include qualitative aims and research methods. Through lecture and interactive sessions, this workshop will review: Qualitative methodologies, research questions and study aims, data analysis techniques and programs. No prior knowledge or experience is necessary. Space is limited. Please register here for this workshop.
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Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice Symposiums
Social work has a complex history of upholding White supremacy alongside a goal to achieve racial justice. Moreover, our profession simultaneously practices within racist systems and works to dismantle them. In the wake of a fervent #BlackLivesMatter movement and persistent racial disparities in key social welfare institutions, these paradoxes have come to the forefront of discussion in academic and practice circles. This unique moment presents an opportunity to interrogate our profession’s relationship to White supremacy and racial justice in order to reimagine an anti-racist future. Watch parts 1 and 2 and register for part 3 and 4 below:
Envisioning an Anti-Racist Future: From Practice to Policy
March 4-5, 2021
Strategies for Achieving Racial Justice in Social Work Education
April 15-16, 2021
Network of Minority Health Research Investigators Annual Workshop
Registration Deadline: April 9, 2021
Workshop: April 28-30, 2021
This virtual 3-day workshop will cover topics such as NIH application processes, funding opportunities for gender research and health disparities, community research, and COVID-19 research. Breakout sessions will allow opportunities for networking.
39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies.
Interesting Reading
Society for Social Work and Research Monthly Monitor: Black History Month
Includes topics such as:
- Importance of Black scholarship and recognizing Black leaders
- A reflection on the burden of anti-Blackness
- A tribute to Black queer heroes
- Evaluating the work of Black scholars
Postdoctoral Fellowships and Training
*Newly Added*
National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families Research Scholars Program
Application Deadline: March 31, 2021
The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families (the Center) invites advanced doctoral students (those with All-But-Dissertation, or “ABD”, status) and early career scholars (up to five years post-Ph.D.) to submit applications for its Research Scholars Program. Up to two awards will be given to scholars to work remotely with a Center mentor in an applied research setting and be part of a collaborative research team. Scholars will collaborate with Center investigators on an existing project in one of the following areas: early care and education; poverty reduction and self-sufficiency; and cross-cutting topics.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Maternal and Child Health
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is pleased to announce a postdoctoral fellowship in Maternal and Child Health (MCH). This postdoctoral training program provides mentorship and support to enhance fellows’ skills in research, teaching, and curriculum development and prepare fellows for excellence in MCH research and leadership positions in academic institutions. The fellowship offers opportunities for quantitative and qualitative research on domestic MCH topics and programs, such as maternal and early home visiting. Applicants must be US citizens or hold a permanent resident visa. Applicants should send a cover letter, CV, graduate transcript(s), writing sample, personal statement, and names and contact information for three references to Kristen McCormick at kmccor14@jhu.edu.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Social Work and Gerontology
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Center for Interventions to Enhance Community Health (CiTECH), in conjunction with the School of Social Work and the Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce a postdoctoral fellowship in Social Work and Gerontology commencing in the Fall of 2021. This two-year postdoctoral training program provides mentorship and support for fellows to develop their research agendas on mental health and/or substance misuse interventions for older adults in community-based settings. Fellows will have the opportunity to work with researchers from across academic disciplines engaged in research activities related to older adults, obtain grant writing skills, publish scholarly articles, and present their work at local and national conferences. The fellowship supports salary, health insurance, funds for research expenses, and travel to attend one national conference.
Mental Health & Implementation Science Postdoctoral Training
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Center for Mental Health Services Research at the Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, invites applications for postdoctoral training in mental health services research. The program is supported by a National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Training Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH – T32 MH19960). This program aims to expand the pool of investigators capable of undertaking mental health services and systems research with focus on the implementation of evidence based mental health care, globally or domestically. The program provides multidisciplinary training for two years. A mentoring team is established for each post-doctoral research scholar to guide their development as a researcher and authorship of independently funded research proposals.
Call for Papers and Abstracts
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Call for Proposals: Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting
Deadline: February 24, 2021
The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) invites proposals for the 67th Annual Program Meeting (APM) in Orlando, Florida, November 4–7, 2021. The conference theme—Leading Critical Conversations: Racial, Economic, & Environmental Justice—builds on the theme of the 2020 APM, which focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion and challenged us to prepare the next generation of social workers to be explicitly antiracist. This year’s theme invites us to address how the COVID-19 pandemic continues to widen the gaps in racial, economic, and environmental justice. We encourage participants to incorporate lessons learned from the pandemic and its lasting effects into proposals, including how technology use created opportunities and challenges for social work students, practice systems, and the populations they serve.
Call for Abstracts: Virtual 2021 National Hispanic Health Conference
Deadline: February 26, 2021
An opportunity for students and young investigators to present their work to several hundred doctors, nurses, and healthcare executives who are especially interested in Hispanic and minority healthcare.
Child Protection Vocabulary in Professional Judgement: Fit For Purpose?
Deadline: February 28, 2021
This special issue invites interdisciplinary papers that explore the ways in which historical and contemporary language and classifications in child protection vocabulary and the vocabulary used in assessments, tools and instruments have been contextualised or understood in policy, practice and research.
Social Service Review Special Issue: “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration”
Deadline April 30, 2021
Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work
Deadline: June 01, 2021
The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism
Call for Papers Related to COVID-19
Deadline: Rolling Submission
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a risk to well-being, livelihood, and human rights. It has exacerbated existing health disparities experienced by traditionally oppressed groups including older adults, low-wage workers and those living in poverty, and people with underlying health conditions. However, the human rights implications go beyond this to widen other human rights gaps including the right to education, the right to free speech, and the right to a fair trial. Public policies and practices that intentionally or unintentionally favor positive outcomes for certain groups over others violate human rights and must be rectified.
The co-editors of the Journal of Human Rights and Social Work expect that these human rights violations will not pass with the first wave of the disease, but will rather continue to grow and/or come to light. As a result, rather than a one-time special issue of the journal, we invite authors to contribute relevant articles on a rolling basis for peer review.
We encourage our readers to submit postings to be included to help us stay relevant to the broad range of social work research interests.
Please email Tasha Murphy at tbmurphy@uw.edu to circulate information on funding opportunities, publications, and events.
To access an array of research resources, including guiding principles, proposal development, sample grant applications, human subject reviews and more go to MySSW. For information on the latest COVID-19 research opportunities, go here.
Highlighted News:
Winter Grant Writing Bootcamp
March-April 2021– online
The UW ALACRITY Center is offering a virtual Winter 2021 Grant Writing Bootcamp for faculty (and staff who contribute to submissions) in the psychosocial sciences who have an upcoming application deadline.
Overall Objective: To provide guidance and instruction to faculty submitting grant proposals to NIH (particularly NIMH) in how to submit successful proposals focused on behavioral interventions and implementation strategies such as psychotherapy, case management, digital health/technology, and implementation strategies such as training, shared decision making, and quality support/measurement.
Course objectives: Learners will:
- Obtain group-based guidance during the proposal preparation process
- Become familiar with how to set up your proposal for success and understand the review process at NIH
- Be able to write clear and succinct specific aims
- Identify and match your study aims to NIH research priorities
- Identify theory and mechanisms of action
- Select and write the best methodological approach for your hypotheses
To participate:
Please email katieost@uw.edu if you would like to participate in this series and you will be added to the calendar invitations for each session.
Check your Online CV!
Please go online here and check the CV that is online for you. Many of these have not been updated for years and we want to make sure we are putting our/your best foot forward to everyone. Please send your updated CVs to sswtech@uw.edu as soon as possible. Thank you!
New Publication
Epstein, M., Bailey, J. A., Kosterman, R., Rhew, I. C., Furlong, M., Oesterle, S., & McCabe, S. E. (2020). E-cigarette use is associated with subsequent cigarette use among young adult nonsmokers, over and above a range of antecedent risk factors: A propensity score analysis. Addiction. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/add.15317.
Selected Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities
Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative
Deadline: February 16, 2021
The Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative offers grants to provide reentry services and programs to reduce recidivism and combat violence by facilitating the successful reintegration of individuals returning from incarceration, especially those with substance use disorders.
Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking on Campus
UW Internal Deadline: February 22, 2021, 5:00pm
Sponsor Deadline: March 16, 2021
The Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (Campus Program) (CFDA# 16.525) encourages institutions of higher education to develop and strengthen effective security and investigation strategies to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus, develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving such crimes on campus, and develop and strengthen prevention education and awareness programs. Only 1 application will be allowed from UW.
To be considered, please submit to research@uw.edu:
1. a one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
2. Biosketch or CV of the PI
Data Science for Global Good summer program
Deadlines:
Call for Project Proposals: Open through February 23
Call for Student Applications: Open through February 15
This program is an opportunity to work closely with data science professionals and students to make better use of your data. The Data Science for Social Good summer program at the UW eScience Institute brings together data scientists and domain researchers to work on focused, collaborative projects for societal benefit. If you would like to discuss your idea before submitting a proposal, please reach out to Program Chair Anissa Tanweer (tanweer@uw.edu).
Research on Juvenile Justice Topics
Deadline: February 25, 2021
This funding opportunity seeks proposals for studies that advance knowledge and understanding in one of the following two priority topic areas: 1.) Juvenile justice responses to the COVID-19 pandemic or 2.) deinstitutionalization of status offenders.
Royalty Research Fund (RRF)
Due March 1, 2021
The Royalty Research Fund (RRF) is a competitive awards program that provides research support to University of Washington faculty. The purpose of the RRF is to advance new directions in research, particularly:
- In disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal
- For faculty who are junior in rank
- In cases where funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding.
The RRF welcomes proposals with budgets up to $40,000. Proposals must demonstrate a high probability of generating important new creative activities or scholarly understandings, new scholarly materials or resources, significant data or information, or essential instrumentation. Proposals from all disciplines are welcome. The success rate for applicants averages 25%. For any questions about the program, please contact Peter Wilsnack (doogieh@uw.edu), (206) 685-9316.
Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program
Due March 1, 2021
Two new funding announcements have been released to enhance inclusive excellence at NIH-funded institutions. See RFA-RM-20-022 and RFA-RM-20-023. The FIRST program will provide funds for faculty recruitment and to establish inclusive environments at participating institutions to help those faculty succeed. A technical assistance webinar will be held on January 25, 2020, from 2:00-4:00pm EST.
Wayne F. Placek Grants
Due March 1, 2021
to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. Eligibility: Applicants must be either a doctoral-level researcher or graduate student. Due March 1, 2021.
Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: March 02, 2021
This funding opportunity announcement aims to support research to strengthen the healthcare response to COVID-19. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to focus on the role and impact of digital health interventions (e.g., mobile health, telemedicine and telehealth, health information technology, and wearable devices) to address access, reach, delivery, effectiveness, scalability and sustainability of health assessments and interventions for secondary effects (e.g., behavioral health or self-management of chronic conditions) that are utilized during and following the pandemic, particularly in populations who experience health disparities and vulnerable populations.
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Research on Juvenile Justice Topics
Deadline: March 11, 2021
With this solicitation, NIJ, in collaboration with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), seeks proposals for rigorous research projects that inform policy and practice in the field of juvenile justice. Specifically, this solicitation seeks proposals for studies that advance knowledge and understanding in one of the following two priority topic areas: (1) juvenile justice responses to the COVID-19 pandemic or (2) deinstitutionalization of status offenders. Applicants and their potential partners are encouraged to review the NACJD policies and protections at (NACJD).
Tribal-Researcher Capacity-Building Grants
Deadline: March 15, 2021
This funding opportunity seeks applications to fund new tribal-researcher capacity-building planning grants involving scientists working with tribal nations and organizations to develop tangible and mutually beneficial criminal or juvenile justice research studies that are rigorous and culturally appropriate. Research proposals must be tribally driven and address the challenges of fighting crime and strengthening justice systems in Indian country and Alaska Native villages.
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women
Deadline: March 16, 2021
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women grants support research and evaluation projects examining the issue of violence against women and the effectiveness of criminal justice system responses, procedures, and policies in addressing the problem. The program seeks to develop independent knowledge and tools to enhance law enforcement efforts to reduce violence and promote the safety of women, including elderly women and American Indian/Alaska Native women and girls, and their family members. Priority will be given to applications that address challenges in rural communities, that benefit individuals from high-poverty or persistent-poverty counties, and that enhance public safety in economically distressed communities or Opportunity Zones.
Research on Biopsychosocial Factors of Social Connectedness and Isolation on Health, Well Being, Illness, and Recovery
Deadline: March 17, 2021
This program provides grants for research projects that examine how social isolation and social connectedness affect outcomes in health, illness, recovery, and overall well being. Areas of focus include:
- Effects of social connectedness, connection, and isolation across the lifespan
- Mechanisms of connectedness, connection, and isolation, including neurobiological, behavioral, and environmental factors
- Knowledge representation and behavioral development
Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.
Behavioral Interventions Scholars Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families- Dissertation Funding
Deadline: March 21, 2021
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) anticipates soliciting applications for Behavioral Interventions Scholars grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are using approaches grounded in behavioral science or behavioral economics to examine specific research questions of relevance to social services programs and policies.
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National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families Research Scholars Program
Deadline: March 31, 2021
The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families (the Center) invites advanced doctoral students (those with All-But-Dissertation, or “ABD”, status) and early career scholars (up to five years post-Ph.D.) to submit applications for its Research Scholars Program. Up to two awards will be given to scholars to work remotely with a Center mentor in an applied research setting and be part of a collaborative research team. Scholars will collaborate with Center investigators on an existing project in one of the following areas: early care and education; poverty reduction and self-sufficiency; and cross-cutting topics
HIPRC Rivara Endowment Injury Research Award Program
Deadline: April 2, 2021
The HIPRC Rivara Endowment Injury Research Award program is designed to provide resources to graduate students, post-doctoral trainees, and fellows looking to conduct an injury-related project. A maximum of $3,000 (direct costs only) is available to be used towards the work. The work must be completed within one year of funding or before the applicant finishes their training program, whichever comes first. This includes submission of a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal and presentation of findings at an HIPRC Works-in-Progress Session. Budget year is July 1-June 30. For application instructions please email hiprc@uw.edu.
Research and Evaluation on the Police Response to Homelessness
Deadline: April 5, 2021
This funding opportunity seeks proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects to conduct exploratory research and secondary/open data analysis to assess the range of practices, strategies, and tactics used by police to respond to homelessness. Applicants must propose case studies, among other research activities, to establish the complexity and breadth of public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions connected to the police response to homelessness.
Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
LOI Deadline: April 21, 2021
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations.
Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
LOI Deadline: May 5, 2021
This award funds research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. This includes investing in high-quality field-initiated studies on improving the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. Of interest is research on improving the use of research evidence by state and local decision-makers, mid-level managers, and intermediaries. It welcomes investigations about research use in various systems, including justice, child welfare, mental health, and education.
NIDA Diversity Supplement Program
Deadline: May 11, 2021
This program provides support for underrepresented post-baccalaureates, pre-doctoral students, post-doctorates, and early-stage investigators to prepare for an independent career in addiction research. PIs with HIV/AIDS-related grants are particularly encouraged to apply. See FAQs and How to Apply.
Events and Lectures
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences Career Development Series
February 24, 12:00-1:05pm
An Editor’s View on Publishing a Paper (online zoom event): A journal editor will review the most common reasons for a paper to be rejected and how to avoid those pitfalls Speaker: Nora Disis, MD, Associate Dean, Translational Science, University of Washington School of Medicine, Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helen B. Slonaker Endowed Professor for Cancer Research.
The Simpson Center for Humanities, Katz Distinguished Lecture: Making Abolition Geographies
February 25, 4:30pm.
Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s work has led the way in showing that abolition is a practical program for urgent change based in the needs, talents, and dreams of vulnerable people. Scholars and community organizers join her for a conversation about decarceration and community-based approaches to generating well-being and addressing harm. Speaker: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (2007). She is Director of the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the City University of New York Graduate Center where she is Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences. To register, click here.
Webinar: The Development of Culturally Grounded, Trauma-Informed Prevention Programs in Indigenous Communities
February 25, 2021, 1:00-2:30pm
Prevention of the behavioral health inequities faced by many Indigenous communities can be strengthened by centering Indigenous ways of knowing in the development and adaptation of prevention programs designed to mitigate the impact of intergenerational trauma on health. This webinar will provide insight into the importance of culturally-based, trauma-informed early intervention for families, an introduction to a culturally grounded prevention program developed within one tribal community, and an opportunity to reflect on how a decolonizing approach can be applied to prevention science in Indian country. Registration required; cost is free.
Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.
School of Social Work: Research Conversations
April 7, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm (Zoom link here)
May 5, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm (Zoom link here)
Purpose: The Office for Faculty Excellence and Research will host a coming together of colleagues to learn and share in informal conversations to support each others’ work. This gathering is planned to be something very different from our usual formal research presentations or colloquia series. It is an opportunity to get to know our colleagues better by hearing a presentation of an unformed study idea, or paper, or anything related to research, and then brainstorming reactions by offering each other insights and support to shape and refine this in-process research into a finer scholarly product.
Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization
April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families.
Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology
May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW.
Racial Violence and the Fight for Racial Justice
March 12, 2021, 11:00am-12:00pm
This panel, part 4 of the 4-part Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality and Race (WISIR) series on Contemporary Race & Politics in the United States, will discuss where we stand now one year after Breonna Taylor’s death. Registration required.
Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions
June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW.
Conferences and Workshops
Accessibility & Data Visualization
February 18, 2021 1:30-2:30pm
Data visualization best practices and tools do not always discuss accessibility, which can exclude groups of people. This workshop will review ways to make your visualizations more accessible. We will work through a visualization together and add features to make it more accessible. You are encouraged to follow along, but no active participation is necessary. Data visualization experience is not required, though some familiarity with accessing and using spreadsheet software may be helpful. Register in advance here.
Building Protection Using the Social Development Strategy (SDS)
This no-cost, 6-session distance learning series offers an interactive forum for participants to explore how to build protection in communities, schools, and families using the Social Development Strategy (SDS). This series offers 13 Continuing Education hours, and space is limited to 25 participants. Sessions run from February 18, 2021-March 31, 2021. More information can be found here.
An Editor’s View on Publishing a Paper
February 24, 2021, 12:00-1:05pm
In this online session, part of the Career Development series offered by the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), a journal editor will review the most common reasons for a paper to be rejected and how to avoid those pitfalls. Cost is free. Registration required.
Digital Storytelling 101
Are you engaged in exciting work you wish you could communicate to a broader audience? Curious about what you can do with a digital story? Unsure of where to start? The UW Libraries and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences invite you to attend a virtual workshop on the basics of using digital-storytelling skills and technologies. The workshop will guide you through the process of envisioning and creating a video or podcast that tells a story in an engaging and imaginative way. Free and open to any School of Medicine faculty, staff or trainee. No previous experience with media-making is necessary. Feb. 25, 12-1pm. Questions? Email Becky Sladek at rsladek@uw.edu. Register here.
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Network of Minority Health Research Investigators Annual Workshop
Registration Deadline: April 9, 2021
Workshop: April 28-30, 2021
This virtual 3-day workshop will cover topics such as NIH application processes, funding opportunities for gender research and health disparities, community research, and COVID-19 research. Breakout sessions will allow opportunities for networking.
39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies.
Postdoctoral Fellowships and Training
*Newly Added*
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Maternal and Child Health
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is pleased to announce a postdoctoral fellowship in Maternal and Child Health (MCH). This postdoctoral training program provides mentorship and support to enhance fellows’ skills in research, teaching, and curriculum development and prepare fellows for excellence in MCH research and leadership positions in academic institutions. The fellowship offers opportunities for quantitative and qualitative research on domestic MCH topics and programs, such as maternal and early home visiting. Applicants must be US citizens or hold a permanent resident visa. Applicants should send a cover letter, CV, graduate transcript(s), writing sample, personal statement, and names and contact information for three references to Kristen McCormick at kmccor14@jhu.edu.
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Social Work and Gerontology
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Center for Interventions to Enhance Community Health (CiTECH), in conjunction with the School of Social Work and the Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce a postdoctoral fellowship in Social Work and Gerontology commencing in the Fall of 2021. This two-year postdoctoral training program provides mentorship and support for fellows to develop their research agendas on mental health and/or substance misuse interventions for older adults in community-based settings. Fellows will have the opportunity to work with researchers from across academic disciplines engaged in research activities related to older adults, obtain grant writing skills, publish scholarly articles, and present their work at local and national conferences. The fellowship supports salary, health insurance, funds for research expenses, and travel to attend one national conference.
Mental Health & Implementation Science Postdoctoral Training
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Center for Mental Health Services Research at the Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, invites applications for postdoctoral training in mental health services research. The program is supported by a National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Training Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH – T32 MH19960). This program aims to expand the pool of investigators capable of undertaking mental health services and systems research with focus on the implementation of evidence based mental health care, globally or domestically. The program provides multidisciplinary training for two years. A mentoring team is established for each post-doctoral research scholar to guide their development as a researcher and authorship of independently funded research proposals.
Call for Papers and Abstracts
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International (Virtual) Symposium of the International Association for Social Work with Groups (IASWG), June 2021
Deadline: February 22, 2021
The International Association for Social Work with Groups invites group work practitioners, researchers, faculty, administrators, students, community workers and activists, and group organizers from various professional disciplines, to submit presentation proposals for the IASWG 2021 Virtual Symposium, held using interactive Zoom synchronous presentations, from June 9th to June 12th. Proposals are welcomed in all areas of group work, especially related to group work practice with populations in a variety of settings, multicultural practice, group work in developing countries or underserved communities, community development, activist group work practice, group work research and training.
Call for Abstracts: Virtual 2021 National Hispanic Health Conference
Deadline: February 26, 2021
An opportunity for students and young investigators to present their work to several hundred doctors, nurses, and healthcare executives who are especially interested in Hispanic and minority healthcare.
Child Protection Vocabulary in Professional Judgement: Fit For Purpose?
Deadline: February 28, 2021
This special issue invites interdisciplinary papers that explore the ways in which historical and contemporary language and classifications in child protection vocabulary and the vocabulary used in assessments, tools and instruments have been contextualised or understood in policy, practice and research.
Social Service Review Special Issue: “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration”
Deadline April 30, 2021
Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work
Deadline: June 01, 2021
The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism
Call for Papers Related to COVID-19
Deadline: Rolling Submission
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a risk to well-being, livelihood, and human rights. It has exacerbated existing health disparities experienced by traditionally oppressed groups including older adults, low-wage workers and those living in poverty, and people with underlying health conditions. However, the human rights implications go beyond this to widen other human rights gaps including the right to education, the right to free speech, and the right to a fair trial. Public policies and practices that intentionally or unintentionally favor positive outcomes for certain groups over others violate human rights and must be rectified.
The co-editors of the Journal of Human Rights and Social Work expect that these human rights violations will not pass with the first wave of the disease, but will rather continue to grow and/or come to light. As a result, rather than a one-time special issue of the journal, we invite authors to contribute relevant articles on a rolling basis for peer review.
We encourage our readers to submit postings to be included to help us stay relevant to the broad range of social work research interests.
Please email Tasha Murphy at tbmurphy@uw.edu to circulate information on funding opportunities, publications, and events.
To access an array of research resources, including guiding principles, proposal development, sample grant applications, human subject reviews and more go to MySSW. For information on the latest COVID-19 research opportunities, go here.
The Center for Global Studies would like to share a wonderful funding opportunity for all University of Washington students, The Marcy Migdal Fund for Educational Equality. Past recipients have included students from a wide range of departments in both the sciences and the humanities. Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible.
More information is below, and a flyer is attached. We hope you’ll circulate this opportunity to your students!
Please feel free to reach out to me or to the CGS Managing Director, Tamara Leonard (tleonard@uw.edu), with any questions.
Highlighted News: *Newly Added*
Winter Grant Writing Bootcamp
March-April 2021– online
The UW ALACRITY Center is offering a virtual Winter 2021 Grant Writing Bootcamp for faculty (and staff who contribute to submissions) in the psychosocial sciences who have an upcoming application deadline.
Overall Objective: To provide guidance and instruction to faculty submitting grant proposals to NIH (particularly NIMH) in how to submit successful proposals focused on behavioral interventions and implementation strategies such as psychotherapy, case management, digital health/technology, and implementation strategies such as training, shared decision making, and quality support/measurement.
Course objectives: Learners will:
- Obtain group-based guidance during the proposal preparation process
- Become familiar with how to set up your proposal for success and understand the review process at NIH
- Be able to write clear and succinct specific aims
- Identify and match your study aims to NIH research priorities
- Identify theory and mechanisms of action
- Select and write the best methodological approach for your hypotheses
To participate:
Please email katieost@uw.edu if you would like to participate in this series and you will be added to the calendar invitations for each session.
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Check your Online CV!
Please go online here and check the CV that is online for you. Many of these have not been updated for years and we want to make sure we are putting our/your best foot forward to everyone. Please send your updated CVs to sswtech@uw.edu as soon as possible. Thank you! |
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New Publication
Epstein, M., Bailey, J. A., Kosterman, R., Rhew, I. C., Furlong, M., Oesterle, S., & McCabe, S. E. (2020). E-cigarette use is associated with subsequent cigarette use among young adult nonsmokers, over and above a range of antecedent risk factors: A propensity score analysis. Addiction. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/add.15317. |
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Announcement
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Leadership Transition
The Center for Women’s Welfare would like to announce a leadership transition. Diana Pearce, who originated the Self-Sufficiency Standard and founded the Center for Women’s Welfare, is retiring as Director. She will remain as Scholar in Residence and will continue to support the Self-Sufficiency Standard through writing and speaking. We are pleased that Lisa Manzer is is taking over as the new Director. Lisa first started with the Center in 2001 and is dedicated to continuing to support the Center’s research on poverty measurement and income adequacy. Please read more here. |
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Selected Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunitiesChristopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Quality of Life Grant
LOI Deadline: February 11, 2021
Application Deadline: March 16, 2021
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Quality of Life Grants program impacts and empowers people living with paralysis, their families and caregivers. The 2021 Quality of Life grant program will offer Direct Effect and COVID-19: Addressing Social Isolation grants.
Direct Effect Grants ($25,000)
The Direct Effect Quality of Life Grant (Tier 1)is open-focused and will award at least 36 grants of up to $25,000 to support the same wide range of projects and activities of the traditional Quality of Life grants. Grants will fund specific budget items that will clearly impact individuals living with paralysis and their families, and the project must be completed within 12 months.
COVID-19: Addressing Social Isolation Grants ($25,000-$50,000)
The aim of the Reeve Foundation’s new grants program is to address social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic with the goal of enhancing connectedness of people living with paralysis and their caregivers to their communities and preventing adverse health outcomes.
NOTE: Only one application from UW allowed. Please submit a 1 page LOI with a description of proposed aims and approach and CV of the PI by February 11, 2021 to research@uw.edu.
Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking on Campus
UW Internal Deadline: February 22, 2021, 5:00pm
Sponsor Deadline: March 16, 2021
The Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (Campus Program) (CFDA# 16.525) encourages institutions of higher education to develop and strengthen effective security and investigation strategies to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus, develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving such crimes on campus, and develop and strengthen prevention education and awareness programs. Only 1 application will be allowed from UW.
To be considered, please submit to research@uw.edu:
1. a one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
2. Biosketch or CV of the PI
APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
Deadline: February 15, 2021
Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape.
Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative
Deadline: February 16, 2021
The Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative offers grants to provide reentry services and programs to reduce recidivism and combat violence by facilitating the successful reintegration of individuals returning from incarceration, especially those with substance use disorders
Data Science for Global Good summer program
Deadlines:
Call for Project Proposals: Open through February 23
Call for Student Applications: Open through February 15
This program is an opportunity to work closely with data science professionals and students to make better use of your data. The Data Science for Social Good summer program at the UW eScience Institute brings together data scientists and domain researchers to work on focused, collaborative projects for societal benefit. If you would like to discuss your idea before submitting a proposal, please reach out to Program Chair Anissa Tanweer (tanweer@uw.edu).
Research on Juvenile Justice Topics
Deadline: February 25, 2021
This funding opportunity seeks proposals for studies that advance knowledge and understanding in one of the following two priority topic areas: 1.) Juvenile justice responses to the COVID-19 pandemic or 2.) deinstitutionalization of status offenders.
Royalty Research Fund (RRF)
Due March 1, 2021
The Royalty Research Fund (RRF) is a competitive awards program that provides research support to University of Washington faculty. The purpose of the RRF is to advance new directions in research, particularly:
- In disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal
- For faculty who are junior in rank
- In cases where funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding.
The RRF welcomes proposals with budgets up to $40,000. Proposals must demonstrate a high probability of generating important new creative activities or scholarly understandings, new scholarly materials or resources, significant data or information, or essential instrumentation. Proposals from all disciplines are welcome. The success rate for applicants averages 25%. For any questions about the program, please contact Peter Wilsnack (doogieh@uw.edu), (206) 685-9316.
Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program
Due March 1, 2021
Two new funding announcements have been released to enhance inclusive excellence at NIH-funded institutions. See RFA-RM-20-022 and RFA-RM-20-023. The FIRST program will provide funds for faculty recruitment and to establish inclusive environments at participating institutions to help those faculty succeed. A technical assistance webinar will be held on January 25, 2020, from 2:00-4:00pm EST.
Wayne F. Placek Grants
Due March 1, 2021
to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. Eligibility: Applicants must be either a doctoral-level researcher or graduate student. Due March 1, 2021.
Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: March 02, 2021
This funding opportunity announcement aims to support research to strengthen the healthcare response to COVID-19. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to focus on the role and impact of digital health interventions (e.g., mobile health, telemedicine and telehealth, health information technology, and wearable devices) to address access, reach, delivery, effectiveness, scalability and sustainability of health assessments and interventions for secondary effects (e.g., behavioral health or self-management of chronic conditions) that are utilized during and following the pandemic, particularly in populations who experience health disparities and vulnerable populations.
Tribal-Researcher Capacity-Building Grants
Deadline: March 15, 2021
This funding opportunity seeks applications to fund new tribal-researcher capacity-building planning grants involving scientists working with tribal nations and organizations to develop tangible and mutually beneficial criminal or juvenile justice research studies that are rigorous and culturally appropriate. Research proposals must be tribally driven and address the challenges of fighting crime and strengthening justice systems in Indian country and Alaska Native villages.
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women
Deadline: March 16, 2021
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women grants support research and evaluation projects examining the issue of violence against women and the effectiveness of criminal justice system responses, procedures, and policies in addressing the problem. The program seeks to develop independent knowledge and tools to enhance law enforcement efforts to reduce violence and promote the safety of women, including elderly women and American Indian/Alaska Native women and girls, and their family members. Priority will be given to applications that address challenges in rural communities, that benefit individuals from high-poverty or persistent-poverty counties, and that enhance public safety in economically distressed communities or Opportunity Zones.
Research on Biopsychosocial Factors of Social Connectedness and Isolation on Health, Well Being, Illness, and Recovery
Deadline: March 17, 2021
This program provides grants for research projects that examine how social isolation and social connectedness affect outcomes in health, illness, recovery, and overall well being. Areas of focus include:
- Effects of social connectedness, connection, and isolation across the lifespan
- Mechanisms of connectedness, connection, and isolation, including neurobiological, behavioral, and environmental factors
- Knowledge representation and behavioral development
Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.
Behavioral Interventions Scholars Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families- Dissertation Funding
Deadline: March 21, 2021
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) anticipates soliciting applications for Behavioral Interventions Scholars grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are using approaches grounded in behavioral science or behavioral economics to examine specific research questions of relevance to social services programs and policies.
HIPRC Rivara Endowment Injury Research Award Program
Deadline: April 2, 2021
The HIPRC Rivara Endowment Injury Research Award program is designed to provide resources to graduate students, post-doctoral trainees, and fellows looking to conduct an injury-related project. A maximum of $3,000 (direct costs only) is available to be used towards the work. The work must be completed within one year of funding or before the applicant finishes their training program, whichever comes first. This includes submission of a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal and presentation of findings at an HIPRC Works-in-Progress Session. Budget year is July 1-June 30. For application instructions please email hiprc@uw.edu.
Research and Evaluation on the Police Response to Homelessness
Deadline: April 5, 2021
This funding opportunity seeks proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects to conduct exploratory research and secondary/open data analysis to assess the range of practices, strategies, and tactics used by police to respond to homelessness. Applicants must propose case studies, among other research activities, to establish the complexity and breadth of public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions connected to the police response to homelessness.
Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
LOI Deadline: April 21, 2021
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations.
Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
LOI Deadline: May 5, 2021
This award funds research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. This includes investing in high-quality field-initiated studies on improving the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. Of interest is research on improving the use of research evidence by state and local decision-makers, mid-level managers, and intermediaries. It welcomes investigations about research use in various systems, including justice, child welfare, mental health, and education.
NIDA Diversity Supplement Program
Deadline: May 11, 2021
This program provides support for underrepresented post-baccalaureates, pre-doctoral students, post-doctorates, and early-stage investigators to prepare for an independent career in addiction research. PIs with HIV/AIDS-related grants are particularly encouraged to apply. See FAQs and How to Apply. |
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Research Training Opportunities
NIDA Summer Research Internship Program
Deadline: February 12, 2021
This program supports undergraduate students with a focus on increasing underrepresented scholars interested in substance abuse and addiction research. Students participate in research internships (virtual or in-person) with NIDA funded scientists at universities across the US for 8 weeks during the summer and receive a stipend. |
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Events and Lectures*Newly Added*
Seminars in Hearing and Communications Sciences (SHACS) lecture
February 11, 12:00pm
An Update on Speech Auditory-Motor Learning in Typical Adults – Ludo Max, PhD, CCC-SLP, Professor, Speech and Hearing Sciences, Adjunct Professor – Bioengineering, Linguistics, UW. The zoom event will open at 11:45am. To learn more, contact Llyne Foy at lfoy@uw.edu. Join this webinar via Zoom here; Passcode: 697615.
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Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds- Dementia: Past and Future
February 12, 12:00-1:00pm
Speaker: Tia Powell, MD, Trachtenberg Chair in Bioethics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry and Director, Montefiore Einstein Center for Bioethics. Join via Zoom here; Passcode: 461403.
Medical Stereotypes: Confronting Racism and Disparities in US Health Care
February 12, 2021, 9:30am
Minority racial and ethnic groups in the US have long experienced disparities in access to health care and worse health outcomes, undermining broader social, political, and economic equality. One component of these disparities are various stereotypes that affect how minority patients are perceived and treated. This session will explore how medical discourse and the health system it supports can be altered to address these harms, and how legal changes can improve outcomes in the future.
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The Institute of Translational Health Sciences Career Development Series
February 24, 12:00-1:05pm
An Editor’s View on Publishing a Paper (online zoom event): A journal editor will review the most common reasons for a paper to be rejected and how to avoid those pitfalls Speaker: Nora Disis, MD, Associate Dean, Translational Science, University of Washington School of Medicine, Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helen B. Slonaker Endowed Professor for Cancer Research.
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The Simpson Center for Humanities, Katz Distinguished Lecture: Making Abolition Geographies
February 25, 4:30pm.
Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s work has led the way in showing that abolition is a practical program for urgent change based in the needs, talents, and dreams of vulnerable people. Scholars and community organizers join her for a conversation about decarceration and community-based approaches to generating well-being and addressing harm. Speaker: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California (2007). She is Director of the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the City University of New York Graduate Center where she is Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences. To register, click here.
Webinar: The Development of Culturally Grounded, Trauma-Informed Prevention Programs in Indigenous Communities
February 25, 2021, 1:00-2:30pm
Prevention of the behavioral health inequities faced by many Indigenous communities can be strengthened by centering Indigenous ways of knowing in the development and adaptation of prevention programs designed to mitigate the impact of intergenerational trauma on health. This webinar will provide insight into the importance of culturally-based, trauma-informed early intervention for families, an introduction to a culturally grounded prevention program developed within one tribal community, and an opportunity to reflect on how a decolonizing approach can be applied to prevention science in Indian country. Registration required; cost is free.
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Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.
School of Social Work: Research Conversations
April 7, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm (Zoom link here)
May 5, 2021, 12:00-1:00pm (Zoom link here)
Purpose: The Office for Faculty Excellence and Research will host a coming together of colleagues to learn and share in informal conversations to support each others’ work. This gathering is planned to be something very different from our usual formal research presentations or colloquia series. It is an opportunity to get to know our colleagues better by hearing a presentation of an unformed study idea, or paper, or anything related to research, and then brainstorming reactions by offering each other insights and support to shape and refine this in-process research into a finer scholarly product.
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Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization
April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families.
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Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology
May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW.
Racial Violence and the Fight for Racial Justice
March 12, 2021, 11:00am-12:00pm
This panel, part 4 of the 4-part Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality and Race (WISIR) series on Contemporary Race & Politics in the United States, will discuss where we stand now one year after Breonna Taylor’s death. Registration required.
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Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions
June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW. |
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Conferences and Workshops
*Newly Added*
Accessibility & Data Visualization
February 18, 2021 1:30-2:30pm
Data visualization best practices and tools do not always discuss accessibility, which can exclude groups of people. This workshop will review ways to make your visualizations more accessible. We will work through a visualization together and add features to make it more accessible. You are encouraged to follow along, but no active participation is necessary. Data visualization experience is not required, though some familiarity with accessing and using spreadsheet software may be helpful. Register in advance here.Building Protection Using the Social Development Strategy (SDS)
This no-cost, 6-session distance learning series offers an interactive forum for participants to explore how to build protection in communities, schools, and families using the Social Development Strategy (SDS). This series offers 13 Continuing Education hours, and space is limited to 25 participants. Sessions run from February 18, 2021-March 31, 2021. More information can be found here.
An Editor’s View on Publishing a Paper
February 24, 2021, 12:00-1:05pm
In this online session, part of the Career Development series offered by the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), a journal editor will review the most common reasons for a paper to be rejected and how to avoid those pitfalls. Cost is free. Registration required.
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Digital Storytelling 101
Are you engaged in exciting work you wish you could communicate to a broader audience? Curious about what you can do with a digital story? Unsure of where to start? The UW Libraries and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences invite you to attend a virtual workshop on the basics of using digital-storytelling skills and technologies. The workshop will guide you through the process of envisioning and creating a video or podcast that tells a story in an engaging and imaginative way. Free and open to any School of Medicine faculty, staff or trainee. No previous experience with media-making is necessary. Feb. 25, 12-1pm. Questions? Email Becky Sladek at rsladek@uw.edu. Register here.
39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies
Health Equity Conference
May 4, 2021
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is a national nonprofit membership organization. The association’s mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues through advocacy, communications, education, and research. This event is for anyone with an interest in rural health care, including rural health practitioners, hospital administrators, clinic directors and lay health workers, social workers, and more. |
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Postdoctoral Fellowships and Training
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Social Work and Gerontology
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Center for Interventions to Enhance Community Health (CiTECH), in conjunction with the School of Social Work and the Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce a postdoctoral fellowship in Social Work and Gerontology commencing in the Fall of 2021. This two-year postdoctoral training program provides mentorship and support for fellows to develop their research agendas on mental health and/or substance misuse interventions for older adults in community-based settings. Fellows will have the opportunity to work with researchers from across academic disciplines engaged in research activities related to older adults, obtain grant writing skills, publish scholarly articles, and present their work at local and national conferences. The fellowship supports salary, health insurance, funds for research expenses, and travel to attend one national conference.Mental Health & Implementation Science Postdoctoral Training
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Center for Mental Health Services Research at the Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, invites applications for postdoctoral training in mental health services research. The program is supported by a National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Training Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH – T32 MH19960). This program aims to expand the pool of investigators capable of undertaking mental health services and systems research with focus on the implementation of evidence based mental health care, globally or domestically. The program provides multidisciplinary training for two years. A mentoring team is established for each post-doctoral research scholar to guide their development as a researcher and authorship of independently funded research proposals. |
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Call for Papers and Abstracts
Call for Abstracts: Virtual 2021 National Hispanic Health Conference
Deadline: February 26, 2021
An opportunity for students and young investigators to present their work to several hundred doctors, nurses, and healthcare executives who are especially interested in Hispanic and minority healthcare.Child Protection Vocabulary in Professional Judgement: Fit For Purpose?
Deadline: February 28, 2021
This special issue invites interdisciplinary papers that explore the ways in which historical and contemporary language and classifications in child protection vocabulary and the vocabulary used in assessments, tools and instruments have been contextualised or understood in policy, practice and research.
Social Service Review Special Issue: “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration”
Deadline April 30, 2021
Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work
Deadline: June 01, 2021
The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism
Call for Papers Related to COVID-19
Deadline: Rolling Submission
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a risk to well-being, livelihood, and human rights. It has exacerbated existing health disparities experienced by traditionally oppressed groups including older adults, low-wage workers and those living in poverty, and people with underlying health conditions. However, the human rights implications go beyond this to widen other human rights gaps including the right to education, the right to free speech, and the right to a fair trial. Public policies and practices that intentionally or unintentionally favor positive outcomes for certain groups over others violate human rights and must be rectified.
The co-editors of the Journal of Human Rights and Social Work expect that these human rights violations will not pass with the first wave of the disease, but will rather continue to grow and/or come to light. As a result, rather than a one-time special issue of the journal, we invite authors to contribute relevant articles on a rolling basis for peer review. |
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We encourage our readers to submit postings to be included to help us stay relevant to the broad range of social work research interests.
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Exciting New Events Planned- Hold These Dates!
April 7, 2021, noon
May 5, 2021, noon
Purpose:
We will host a coming together of colleagues to learn and share in informal conversations to support each others’ work. This gathering is planned to be something very different from our usual formal research presentations or colloquia series. It is an opportunity to get to know our colleagues better by hearing a presentation of an unformed study idea, or paper, or anything related to research, and then brainstorming reactions by offering each other insights and support to shape and refine this in-process research into a finer scholarly product.
We will gather twice during the spring Quarter 2021. Our goal is to provide “deliverables”, however these are defined by the presenter. Prior to the session, the presenter will share what type of feedback they are looking for and the type of product they hope will result in the near future. It may be a research problem or question they are thinking about and wish some feedback on the topic, or feedback on an upcoming presentation for a conference. We are looking for the early stages of a paper, presentation, or a grant rather than presenting a finished product. The presenter may choose to share reading material for interested parties prior to the meeting, but it is not expected that participants will read them before the meeting.
Format and timing:
Each of the Spring Quarter sessions will last no more than 60 minutes. Presenters will share their ideas between 15-30 minutes depending on how much background and context must be given to people unfamiliar with the topic. The rest of time will be spent with questions and comments. The Spring sessions will be conducted through Zoom.
Participants:
Faculty, researchers, doctoral students, and staff are welcomed to attend. Anyone who is interested in presenting, please inform one of the co-chairs.
Future plans:
We expect to continue these conversations in the 2021-2022 academic year. We will conduct an evaluation of the Spring Quarter sessions and make modifications as necessary to ensure continuity into the next academic year.
Inaugural chairs: Amelia Gavin, Melissa Martinson, and Megan Moore
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Selected Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities
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Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship 2021
Internal UW Deadline: February 5, 2021, 5:00pm
Sponsor Deadline: February 22, 2021
Award Amount: $100,000
The Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship recognizes innovative, promising new faculty, whose exceptional talent for research and innovation identifies them as emerging leaders in their fields. Provisions of the 2021 award include $100,000 USD awarded annually for two years starting in the fall of 2021.
A maximum of three nominations per university will be accepted; if more than one is nominated, then the other one or two nominees should help us increase the opportunities for faculty who are underrepresented in the field of computing. This includes those who self-identify as a woman, African American, Black, Hispanic, Latinx, American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and/or person with a disability.
Please submit to research@uw.edu:
1. a one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
2. Biosketch or CV of the PI
Mental Health Awareness Training Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Deadline: February 5, 2021
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting applications for FY2021 Mental Health Awareness Training Grants (MHAT). The purpose of this program is to: 1.) train individuals (e.g., school personnel, emergency first responders, law enforcement, veterans, armed service members and their families) to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental disorders, particularly serious mental illness (SMI) and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED); 2.) establish linkages with school-and/or community-based mental health agencies to refer individuals with the signs or symptoms of mental illness to appropriate services; 3.) train emergency services personnel, veterans, law enforcement, fire department personnel, and others to identify persons with a mental disorder and employ crisis de-escalation techniques; and 4.) educate individuals about resources that are available in the community for individuals with a mental disorder.
Enhancement and Expansion of Treatment and Recovery Services for Adolescents, Transitional Aged Youth, and their Families
Deadline: February 8, 2021
The substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is accepting applications for FY2021 Enhancement and Expansion of Treatment and Recovery Services for Adolescents, Transitional Aged Youth, and their Families grant program. The purpose of this program is to enhance and expand comprehensive treatment, early intervention, and recovery support services for adolescents (age 12-18) and transitional aged youth (ages 16-25) with substance use disorders (SUD) and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders (COD), and their families/primary caregivers.
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Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking on Campus
UW Internal Deadline: February 22, 2021, 5:00pm
Sponsor Deadline: March 16, 2021
The Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program (Campus Program) (CFDA# 16.525) encourages institutions of higher education to develop and strengthen effective security and investigation strategies to combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking on campus, develop and strengthen victim services in cases involving such crimes on campus, and develop and strengthen prevention education and awareness programs. Only 1 application will be allowed from UW.
To be considered, please submit to research@uw.edu:
1. a one-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach
2. Biosketch or CV of the PI
APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
Deadline: February 15, 2021
Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape.
Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative
Deadline: February 16, 2021
The Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative offers grants to provide reentry services and programs to reduce recidivism and combat violence by facilitating the successful reintegration of individuals returning from incarceration, especially those with substance use disorders
Data Science for Global Good summer program
Deadlines:
Call for Project Proposals: Open through February 23
Call for Student Applications: Open through February 15
This program is an opportunity to work closely with data science professionals and students to make better use of your data. The Data Science for Social Good summer program at the UW eScience Institute brings together data scientists and domain researchers to work on focused, collaborative projects for societal benefit. If you would like to discuss your idea before submitting a proposal, please reach out to Program Chair Anissa Tanweer (tanweer@uw.edu).
Research on Juvenile Justice Topics
Deadline: February 25, 2021
This funding opportunity seeks proposals for studies that advance knowledge and understanding in one of the following two priority topic areas: 1.) Juvenile justice responses to the COVID-19 pandemic or 2.) deinstitutionalization of status offenders.
Royalty Research Fund (RRF)
Due March 1, 2021
The Royalty Research Fund (RRF) is a competitive awards program that provides research support to University of Washington faculty. The purpose of the RRF is to advance new directions in research, particularly:
- In disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal
- For faculty who are junior in rank
- In cases where funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding.
The RRF welcomes proposals with budgets up to $40,000. Proposals must demonstrate a high probability of generating important new creative activities or scholarly understandings, new scholarly materials or resources, significant data or information, or essential instrumentation. Proposals from all disciplines are welcome. The success rate for applicants averages 25%. For any questions about the program, please contact Peter Wilsnack (doogieh@uw.edu), (206) 685-9316.
Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program
Due March 1, 2021
Two new funding announcements have been released to enhance inclusive excellence at NIH-funded institutions. See RFA-RM-20-022 and RFA-RM-20-023. The FIRST program will provide funds for faculty recruitment and to establish inclusive environments at participating institutions to help those faculty succeed. A technical assistance webinar will be held on January 25, 2020, from 2:00-4:00pm EST.
Wayne F. Placek Grants
Due March 1, 2021
to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. Eligibility: Applicants must be either a doctoral-level researcher or graduate student. Due March 1, 2021.
Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: March 02, 2021
This funding opportunity announcement aims to support research to strengthen the healthcare response to COVID-19. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to focus on the role and impact of digital health interventions (e.g., mobile health, telemedicine and telehealth, health information technology, and wearable devices) to address access, reach, delivery, effectiveness, scalability and sustainability of health assessments and interventions for secondary effects (e.g., behavioral health or self-management of chronic conditions) that are utilized during and following the pandemic, particularly in populations who experience health disparities and vulnerable populations.
Tribal-Researcher Capacity-Building Grants
Deadline: March 15, 2021
This funding opportunity seeks applications to fund new tribal-researcher capacity-building planning grants involving scientists working with tribal nations and organizations to develop tangible and mutually beneficial criminal or juvenile justice research studies that are rigorous and culturally appropriate. Research proposals must be tribally driven and address the challenges of fighting crime and strengthening justice systems in Indian country and Alaska Native villages.
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women
Deadline: March 16, 2021
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women grants support research and evaluation projects examining the issue of violence against women and the effectiveness of criminal justice system responses, procedures, and policies in addressing the problem. The program seeks to develop independent knowledge and tools to enhance law enforcement efforts to reduce violence and promote the safety of women, including elderly women and American Indian/Alaska Native women and girls, and their family members. Priority will be given to applications that address challenges in rural communities, that benefit individuals from high-poverty or persistent-poverty counties, and that enhance public safety in economically distressed communities or Opportunity Zones.
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Quality of Life Grant
LOI Deadline: February 11, 2021
Application Deadline: March 16, 2021
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Quality of Life Grants program impacts and empowers people living with paralysis, their families and caregivers. The 2021 Quality of Life grant program will offer Direct Effect and COVID-19: Addressing Social Isolation grants.
Direct Effect Grants ($25,000)
The Direct Effect Quality of Life Grant (Tier 1)is open-focused and will award at least 36 grants of up to $25,000 to support the same wide range of projects and activities of the traditional Quality of Life grants. Grants will fund specific budget items that will clearly impact individuals living with paralysis and their families, and the project must be completed within 12 months.
COVID-19: Addressing Social Isolation Grants ($25,000-$50,000)
The aim of the Reeve Foundation’s new grants program is to address social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic with the goal of enhancing connectedness of people living with paralysis and their caregivers to their communities and preventing adverse health outcomes.
NOTE: Only one application from UW allowed. Please submit a 1 page LOI with a description of proposed aims and approach and CV of the PI by February 11, 2021 to research@uw.edu.
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Research on Biopsychosocial Factors of Social Connectedness and Isolation on Health, Well Being, Illness, and Recovery
this program provides grants for research projects that examine how social isolation and social connectedness affect outcomes in health, illness, recovery, and overall well being. Areas of focus include:
- Effects of social connectedness, connection, and isolation across the lifespan
- Mechanisms of connectedness, connection, and isolation, including neurobiological, behavioral, and environmental factors
- Knowledge representation and behavioral development
Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.
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Behavioral Interventions Scholars Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families- Dissertation Funding
Deadline: March 21, 2021
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) anticipates soliciting applications for Behavioral Interventions Scholars grants to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are using approaches grounded in behavioral science or behavioral economics to examine specific research questions of relevance to social services programs and policies.
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HIPRC Rivara Endowment Injury Research Award Program
Deadline: April 2, 2021
The HIPRC Rivara Endowment Injury Research Award program is designed to provide resources to graduate students, post-doctoral trainees, and fellows looking to conduct an injury-related project. A maximum of $3,000 (direct costs only) is available to be used towards the work. The work must be completed within one year of funding or before the applicant finishes their training program, whichever comes first. This includes submission of a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal and presentation of findings at an HIPRC Works-in-Progress Session. Budget year is July 1-June 30. For application instructions please email hiprc@uw.edu.
Research and Evaluation on the Police Response to Homelessness
Deadline: April 5, 2021
This funding opportunity seeks proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects to conduct exploratory research and secondary/open data analysis to assess the range of practices, strategies, and tactics used by police to respond to homelessness. Applicants must propose case studies, among other research activities, to establish the complexity and breadth of public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions connected to the police response to homelessness.
Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
LOI Deadline: April 21, 2021
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations.
Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
LOI Deadline: May 5, 2021
This award funds research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. This includes investing in high-quality field-initiated studies on improving the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. Of interest is research on improving the use of research evidence by state and local decision-makers, mid-level managers, and intermediaries. It welcomes investigations about research use in various systems, including justice, child welfare, mental health, and education.
NIDA Diversity Supplement Program
Deadline: May 11, 2021
This program provides support for underrepresented post-baccalaureates, pre-doctoral students, post-doctorates, and early-stage investigators to prepare for an independent career in addiction research. PIs with HIV/AIDS-related grants are particularly encouraged to apply. See FAQs and How to Apply. |
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Research Training Opportunities
2021 INSPIRE International Indigenous Health Research Training Program
Deadline: February 7, 2021
The Indigenous Substance Use and Addictions Prevention Interdisciplinary Research Education program (INSPIRE) offers a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary training in Indigenous health and health disparities research, with access to scientific mentors across fields. The 2-year program features individualized mentorship, research and writing retreats, grant development workshops, and seed funding ($22,000 in pulot funds for postdoctoral/early career scientists and $10,800 for doctoral students).
NIDA Summer Research Internship Program
Deadline: February 12, 2021
This program supports undergraduate students with a focus on increasing underrepresented scholars interested in substance abuse and addiction research. Students participate in research internships (virtual or in-person) with NIDA funded scientists at universities across the US for 8 weeks during the summer and receive a stipend. |
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Events and Lectures
Leveraging Systems Change For Substance Misuse Prevention
January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:30am – 11am – online
This six-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work.
Stand with the Innocent: Wrongful Convictions and Criminal Justice Reform- 44th annual University Faculty Lecture
January 28, 2021, 5:30pm
UW Law Professor Jacqueline McMurtrie, founder of the Washington Innocence Project, will deliver an online lecture on wrongful convictions and criminal justice reform, drawing on her decades of research and casework in the innocence movement. Registration required.
It’s Not so Black and White: Race, Health Disparities and How we Report Them
February 9, 2021, 12:00-3:00pm
This event, hosted by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, focuses on how race is utilized, reported and interpreted in biomedical research. Is the use of race as a variable in clinical research practical or problematic? How can researchers responsibly investigate health disparities between racial groups to work towards meaningful change? This seminar explores these issues from multiple perspectives, including representatives from the funding, publishing, and research communities. Registration required; cost is free.
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Webinar: The Development of Culturally Grounded, Trauma-Informed Prevention Programs in Indigenous Communities
February 25, 2021, 1:00-2:30pm
Prevention of the behavioral health inequities faced by many Indigenous communities can be strengthened by centering Indigenous ways of knowing in the development and adaptation of prevention programs designed to mitigate the impact of intergenerational trauma on health. This webinar will provide insight into the importance of culturally-based, trauma-informed early intervention for families, an introduction to a culturally grounded prevention program developed within one tribal community, and an opportunity to reflect on how a decolonizing approach can be applied to prevention science in Indian country. Registration required; cost is free.
Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.
Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization
April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families.
Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology
May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW.
Racial Violence and the Fight for Racial Justice
March 12, 2021, 11:00am-12:00pm
This panel, part 4 of the 4-part Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality and Race (WISIR) series on Contemporary Race & Politics in the United States, will discuss where we stand now one year after Breonna Taylor’s death. Registration required.
Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions
June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW. |
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Conferences and Workshops
Team Science Boot Camp,
February 1-5, 12:00-2:00pm daily, 2021. Improve your team effectiveness and meet your research objectives with less stress and more enjoyment. This year the boot camp will all be online, making this is a great chance for teams from around the region and beyond to take advantage of this training! After you register, the Team Science leaders will customize the training and create an agenda based on what the participating teams say are their biggest challenges. Cost is free.
An Editor’s View on Publishing a Paper
February 24, 2021, 12:00-1:05pm
In this online session, part of the Career Development series offered by the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), a journal editor will review the most common reasons for a paper to be rejected and how to avoid those pitfalls. Cost is free. Registration required.
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Medical Stereotypes: Confronting Racism and Disparities in US Health Care
February 12, 2021, 9:30am
Minority racial and ethnic groups in the US have long experienced disparities in access to health care and worse health outcomes, undermining broader social, political, and economic equality. One component of these disparities are various stereotypes that affect how minority patients are perceived and treated. This session will explore how medical discourse and the health system it supports can be altered to address these harms, and how legal changes can improve outcomes in the future.
Building Protection Using the Social Development Strategy (SDS)
This no-cost, 6-session distance learning series offers an interactive forum for participants to explore how to build protection in communities, schools, and families using the Social Development Strategy (SDS). This series offers 13 Continuing Education hours, and space is limited to 25 participants. Sessions run from February 18, 2021-March 31, 2021. More information can be found here.
39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies
39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies
Health Equity Conference
May 4, 2021
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is a national nonprofit membership organization. The association’s mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues through advocacy, communications, education, and research. This event is for anyone with an interest in rural health care, including rural health practitioners, hospital administrators, clinic directors and lay health workers, social workers, and more. |
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Postdoctoral Fellowships and Training
*Newly Added*
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Social Work and Gerontology
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Center for Interventions to Enhance Community Health (CiTECH), in conjunction with the School of Social Work and the Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce a postdoctoral fellowship in Social Work and Gerontology commencing in the Fall of 2021. This two-year postdoctoral training program provides mentorship and support for fellows to develop their research agendas on mental health and/or substance misuse interventions for older adults in community-based settings. Fellows will have the opportunity to work with researchers from across academic disciplines engaged in research activities related to older adults, obtain grant writing skills, publish scholarly articles, and present their work at local and national conferences. The fellowship supports salary, health insurance, funds for research expenses, and travel to attend one national conference.
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Mental Health & Implementation Science Postdoctoral Training
Deadline: Open Until Filled
The Center for Mental Health Services Research at the Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, invites applications for postdoctoral training in mental health services research. The program is supported by a National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Training Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH – T32 MH19960). This program aims to expand the pool of investigators capable of undertaking mental health services and systems research with focus on the implementation of evidence based mental health care, globally or domestically. The program provides multidisciplinary training for two years. A mentoring team is established for each post-doctoral research scholar to guide their development as a researcher and authorship of independently funded research proposals. |
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Call for Papers and Abstracts
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Call for Abstracts: Virtual 2021 National Hispanic Health Conference
Deadline: February 26, 2021
An opportunity for students and young investigators to present their work to several hundred doctors, nurses, and healthcare executives who are especially interested in Hispanic and minority healthcare.
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Child Protection Vocabulary in Professional Judgement: Fit For Purpose?
Deadline: February 28, 2021
This special issue invites interdisciplinary papers that explore the ways in which historical and contemporary language and classifications in child protection vocabulary and the vocabulary used in assessments, tools and instruments have been contextualised or understood in policy, practice and research.
Social Service Review Special Issue: “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration”
Deadline April 30, 2021
Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work
Deadline: June 01, 2021
The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism
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Call for Papers Related to COVID-19
Deadline: Rolling Submission
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a risk to well-being, livelihood, and human rights. It has exacerbated existing health disparities experienced by traditionally oppressed groups including older adults, low-wage workers and those living in poverty, and people with underlying health conditions. However, the human rights implications go beyond this to widen other human rights gaps including the right to education, the right to free speech, and the right to a fair trial. Public policies and practices that intentionally or unintentionally favor positive outcomes for certain groups over others violate human rights and must be rectified.
The co-editors of the Journal of Human Rights and Social Work expect that these human rights violations will not pass with the first wave of the disease, but will rather continue to grow and/or come to light. As a result, rather than a one-time special issue of the journal, we invite authors to contribute relevant articles on a rolling basis for peer review. |
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We encourage our readers to submit postings to be included to help us stay relevant to the broad range of social work research interests.
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THE DIGEST
Your bi-weekly round-up of graduate student events, opportunities & resources.
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The winter quarter months can be long and cold, even without a pandemic. The UW Counseling Center has some great resources to help us take care of ourselves, whether it’s supporting our mental health during winter, coping with social isolation or navigating living at home again.
If you’re looking for safe entertainment amidst the cold, see below for free talks hosted by the Graduate School’s Office of Public Lectures, including a conversation with legendary sexpert, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, as well as a discussion with Meklit Hadero on music and well-being.
Information below subject to change. Please always refer to the source pages for the most up-to-date details on fellowships, jobs and events. |
| For more fellowships with upcoming deadlines, see the Graduate Funding Information Service blog.
The Jacobs Research Funds
- Application Deadline: February 15, 2021
- For studying indigenous languages and cultures of the peoples of North and South America
- Priority areas are indigenous languages and cultures of the Pacific Northwest
- One of the researchers should have a master’s degree or equivalent
- Grants range from $3,000 to $9,000
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Summer Internships
- Application Deadline: February 15, 2021
- For beginning graduate and undergraduate students
- Research interests in environmental science and public engagement
- Includes stipend of $600 per month
American Foundation for the Blind Scholarships
- Application Deadline: February 15, 2021, 9:59 p.m. Pacific Time
- For graduate students who are legally blind
- Scholarships range from $2,000 to $7,500
Society of Women Engineers Scholarship
- Application Deadline: February 15, 2021
- For women graduate and undergraduate students
- In engineering, engineering technology or computer science
UCLA Labor Center Dream Summer Fellowship
- Application Deadline: February 19, 2021 at 12 p.m. Pacific Time
- For immigrant youth and allies
- No academic affiliation required
- Open to social justice leaders and those wanting to learn
- Includes a $5,000 fellowship award
Data Science for Social Good Summer Program
- Application Deadline: February 15, 2021, 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time
- For graduate students and advanced undergraduate students
- Ten-week full-time applied data science projects
- Stipend of $7,000
- Restricted to international students with work visas, U.S. citizens and permanent residents
Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies Research Grants for Graduate Students
- Application Deadline: February 8, 2021
- For UW graduate students
- Research topics on work, workers and their organizations
- Grants up to $5,000
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Grants for Health Services Research Dissertations
- Application Deadlines: February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1
- For doctoral candidates
- Conducting dissertation research in health services
- Award budget is up to $40,000 in direct costs
- Restricted to U.S. citizens and permanent residents
Tillman Military Scholars Program
- Application Deadline: February 28, 2021
- For veterans, active duty military service members and their spouses
- For master’s, doctoral, professional and undergraduate students
- Average award of $10,000 per academic year
ARDRAW Small Grant Program
- Application Deadline: February 26, 2021
- For master’s, Ph.D., and postdoctoral researchers
- Topics relevant to Social Security work incentives and employment supports
- One-year, $10,000 stipend
- Restricted to U.S. citizens and permanent residents
LAGRANT Foundation Graduate Scholarships
- Application Deadline: February 26, 2021, 5 p.m. Pacific Time
- For master’s and doctoral students of color
- In advertising, marketing and public relations fields
- Award $3,750 and professional development
- Open to DACA recipients, U.S. citizens and permanent residents
Danone North America Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Grant
- Application Deadline: February 15, 2021
- For graduate students
- Topics including gut microbiome, probiotics and yogurt
- Fields include biology, health sciences and nutrition
- Award of $25,000
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JOB HUNT
Make your next career move
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| To find jobs aligned with your interests and degree, login to Handshake with your UW NetID and use the filters underneath the “Jobs” tab. For more job-hunting tips, see this post. You can also reach out to handshake@uw.edu with questions.
Research Project Manager – Cancer Consortium Office of Community Outreach and Engagement – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Job in Seattle, WA
- Applications due: March 15
- The Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium’s (the Consortium) Office of Community Outreach and Engagement (OCOE) is seeking a Research Project Manager to oversee research projects for the OCOE. The candidate will facilitate partnerships among Consortium researchers, OCOE faculty and staff, and external organizations on collaborative projects related to health equity in Washington State (WA) and beyond.
- Seeking – Candidates with a master’s degree
Graduate Student Public Policy Intern, Energy and Environment – General Motors
- Internship, Remote
- Applications due: April 30
- The Energy and Environment team within the Public Policy Center supports GM’s global product development and compliance efforts with government regulations affecting the auto industry. Interns will be prepared to quickly gather and evaluate information related to their project(s), conduct independent research, and perform quantitative analysis.
- Seeking – Candidates seeking a master’s degree
SPPR Program Modeling and Analysis Scientist (Natural Resource Scientist 3) – Washington State Department of Ecology
- Job in Shoreline, WA
- Applications due: March 24
- WA State Dept. of Ecology is building a highly collaborative modeling and analysis team to perform new scientific research. The SPPR (Spill Prevention, Preparedness, and Response) Program Modeling and Analysis Scientist position will be part of a first of its kind team at Ecology responsible for qualitative and quantitative analysis of risks related to the transportation of oil by vessel, rail, and pipeline.
- Seeking – Candidates with a master’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, quantitative analysis of natural resource topics, or a related field.
Handshake Tip of the Week: Fuel Your Job Search: Follow Employers
There are more than 500,000 employers hiring students on Handshake. From notable brand names to incredible organizations in your backyard, you can find the right employer for you. Check out Handshake’s blog post to learn how to follow employers. |
GRAD CONNECTIONS
Events, activities, connecting
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Reconstruction, Reconsidered: Belonging and Urban Contestation in Mogadishu’s ‘Building Boom’
Feb. 3, 12–1:30 p.m., online
Despite a remarkable post-war building boom and returning diaspora, Somalia’s capital city remains contested. Ballooning property values and the refurbishment of public and private spaces continue to embody the politics of urban belonging, memory and violence of the past three decades.Global Leadership Series: Dr. Anu Taranath
Feb. 4, 7–8:30 p.m. PT
Dr. Anu Taranath is a speaker, facilitator, consultant, author, and educator specializing in issues of diversity, racial equity and social change. She is currently a professor across English, Humanities, and Comparative History of Ideas (CHID) at the UW and has been teaching for over 25 years. She has collaborated with social change agents and innovative thinkers in 10 different countries, centering inclusivity and collaboration to amplify the voices of those who have not been heard.
Rethinking Israeli Citizenship: The Case of Ethiopian Jews and Their Struggle for Naturalization Between 1955-1975
Feb. 10, 9–10:30 a.m. PT, online
The story of Ethiopian Jewish immigration to Israel typically begins after 1975. But foregrounding the pre-1975 years offers a unique case study for understanding the Israeli-Jewish citizenship regime and immigrants who do not conform to the normative and racialized national character of citizenship.
Sexually Speaking: An Evening with Dr. Ruth
Feb. 1, 6:30 p.m., livestream
Join the Office of Public Lectures for an evening with behavioral therapist, sexpert and Alzheimer’s caregiving authority, Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Moderated by Dr. Pepper Schwartz.
Community Conversations: Stereotypes
Feb. 3, 7–8 p.m. PT
This winter, join other UW students in a series of conversations about who we are, who we want to be, and how we can better understand one another’s identities. We will center constructive, safe, and validating dialogue about different components of identity and intersectionality. This session will focus on stereotypes — What are experiences we’ve had with them? How are they harmful to us? How can we push back against their use in everyday life?
Meklit Hadero – How Music Connects Us: Belonging, Wellbeing, and Sonic Lineage
Feb. 4, 6:30 p.m., livestream
In this talk, Meklit Hadero explores how music knits people and communities together with personal history, behavioral psychology/neuroscience research, and post-COVID-19 landscapes.
Arming the Police and the ‘Social Source of Our Distresses’
Feb. 3, 6–7 p.m., Zoom
In this lecture, Associate Professor Bruce Hevly will investigate the use of handguns by American police officers beginning with Teddy Roosevelt’s tenure on the New York City Police Commission in the 1890s.
Digital Discontents, from the Age of the Mainframe to the Era of Big Tech
Feb. 10, 6–7 p.m., Zoom
In this talk, Professor Margaret O’Mara will tackle the unexpectedly long history of today’s worries about invasions of data privacy, untrammeled artificial intelligence, and the power of large tech platforms.
Patty Hayes – The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Impacts of Systemic Racism
Feb. 9, 6:30 p.m., livestream
COVID-19 has shone a spotlight on how racism impacts the health and well-being of Black, Indigenous and People of Color across our county and country. While Public Health’s mission is to improve the health all members of our community, institutional racism has meant that BIPOC communities are significantly and disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 despite public health efforts. Patty Hayes, Director of Public Health — Seattle & King County, discusses the impact of the pandemic on BIPOC communities and what systemic changes need to be made now to avoid long-lasting impact. |
GRAD HACK
Guidance & strategies for navigating grad education
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Better than Best Practices: Inclusive Data Visualization
Feb. 2, 10–11:30 a.m.
Data visualization design “best practices” often do not prioritize (or outright reject) efforts to be inclusive. This workshop will establish new “best practices” and provide an opportunity to test them out in a visualization. Data visualization experience is not required, though some familiarity with accessing and using spreadsheet software may be helpful.Learn How to Fund Your Graduate Education
Feb. 4, 4:30–5:30 p.m.
GFIS works with current and admitted UW graduate students, helping them identify and locate funding opportunities for graduate school-related expenses including tuition, research, conference and research travel. In this session you’ll learn more about how you can fund your graduate education. Join the Graduate Funding Information Service for an overview of funding types, search tools, and search strategies.
UW Libraries Pressbooks Workshop: Introductory Session
Feb. 10, 10–11:30 a.m.
Learn how Pressbooks can be used to create textbooks, monographs, and teaching materials that can be published and exported in multiple digital and print formats that can help save students money!
Media Arcade Technical Help Hours
Office hours are most Wednesdays from 11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Get to know UW Libraries Media Arcade. They can help you with media-related projects and tools like Photoshop, Adobe, audio/video production software, and more. The Media Arcade team can also assist with technical troubleshooting and hardware issues. Stop by and say hello!
Weekly Drop-In Research Help from Foster Business Library
Daily sessions Monday to Friday, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Get help from the Foster Business librarians. All business research questions welcome! No appointment necessary.
Digital Scholarship Project Help Office Hours
Office hours are most Fridays, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Open to faculty and students, UW Libraries offers weekly office hours to advise on digital scholarship for research and course related projects. Examples include digital publishing, building digital exhibits, data research management, and more! Get help finding the right tools, resources and instruction whether you’re just getting started or are working on an on-going project. |
COVID-19
Resources, FAQs, support
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Teaching Everywhere blog
In response to the coronavirus outbreak—and without in-person classes—UW faculty have transitioning at warp speed to deliver instruction remotely. They are using technology, from Zoom to Canvas, in new and interesting ways to ensure their students are learning, no matter where they are located. Visit the Center for Teaching and Learning’s Teaching Everywhere blog to see what your colleagues are doing.Coping with Social Isolation, from the UW Counseling Center
The coronavirus pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges for daily life, including increased physical separation as a result of social distancing guidance. Humans have an innate need for connection and social contact, and research has demonstrated a significant association between social isolation and mental health concerns. Social distancing can feel like social isolation, but it does not have to. Here are some resources for coping with feelings of isolation as well as provide suggestions about how to remain connected to others while practicing social distancing.
Staying safe this winter
Throughout the academic year, our goals remain the same: provide a high-quality Husky Experience for every student, support the University of Washington’s vital research and service missions, and continue providing the outstanding medical care that keeps our community healthy. Information and resources for students and for staff, faculty and other academic personnel are available, and UW Bothell, UW Tacoma and UW Medicine also offer additional resources specific to their communities.
New supports for UW employee caregivers
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, UW Human Resources has worked with partners on-campus and in the community to increase resources for UW’s working and student caregivers. Additional caregiver supports are now available to benefits-eligible UW employees and UW students. Access to the services is being provided by Bright Horizons. Employees and students will continue to have nationwide access to Bright Horizons backup care services for children and adults/elders and to receive enrollment priority at Bright Horizons child care centers throughout the country.
Counseling Center’s Winter Toolkit: COVID-19 edition
This winter, the typical mental health concerns have an additional layer of complexity as we navigate through the continued pandemic. In developing the winter toolkit, we collected relevant information for those topics in the context of COVID-19. There are many gaps in information for some of the topics simply because the research cannot keep up with the changing experiences of the pandemic. However, there are many different coping strategies that we have gathered that may be useful in sustaining our mental wellbeing throughout the pandemic.
Emergency aid available for students
We understand life can be unpredictable. Unexpected costs and needs can cause significant stress and impact your academic success and personal well being. That’s why the three campuses of the University of Washington have Emergency Aid to support currently enrolled UW students. |
CAREER & ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT
Bulk up your C.V.
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Advances in Higher Education Research Seminar
Feb. 9, 2:30–3:20 p.m., Zoom
Are you curious about holistic course redesign, making your course accessible to all, and alternative grading approaches? Join us for this Advances in Higher Education Research Seminar with St. Edward’s University Professor Santiago Toledo. Dr. Toledo will discuss his use of Marzano’s Taxonomy for drafting content-based student learning outcomes. This taxonomy provides students with a structure for their learning process and allows them to access course content expectations more transparently. After discussing ways to implement Marzano’s Taxonomy, Dr. Toledo will review an alternative grading scheme that leverages content-based learning outcomes and provides targeted and actionable feedback to both students and instructors. This approach makes use of Mastery-Based and Specifications Based Grading. |
The Northwest Center for Public Health Practice is still accepting applications to support student projects in Washington, Alaska, Idaho, and Oregon during the 2020–21 school year.
Eligible students will be awarded up to $3,500 each to help them with living expenses during their hands-on learning experience. Applications are evaluated based on their public health practice focus, attention to underserved areas and populations, and feasibility.
Funding Eligibility
- Project work must be based in Washington, Alaska, Idaho, or Oregon and address populations in those states.
- Applicants must be undergraduate (juniors and seniors) or graduate students enrolled in public health, psychology, sociology, and social work degree programs.
- Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible.
Learn more about application deadlines and procedures and read more about funded projects from past years.
Announcements:
Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through the Federal Government
President Biden issued an Executive Order on January 20 outlining new administration policies reflecting a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality. The full text of the executive order can be found here.NIH Salary Cap Increase, Effective February 1, 2021
The Executive Level II Salary Cap has been increased to $199,300. This new rate is effective starting February 1, 2021.Timely Information about Taxes and Research Participant Payments:
All research participant income is taxable, regardless of the amount. However, only cumulative payments amounting to > $600/year must be reported to the IRS by research organizations. You should not give anyone the impression that the research participation money you pay is not taxable. |
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Xu, X., Chikersal, P., Dutcher, J. M., Sefidgar, Y., Seo, W., Tumminia, M., Villalba, D., Cohen, S., Creswell, D., Creswell, K., Doryab, A., Nurius, P., Riskin, E. A., Dey, A. K., Mankoff, J. (in press). Leveraging collaborative-filtering for personalized behavior modeling: A case study of depression detection among college students. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies
Crume, H. J., Nurius, P. S., Kim, E. B. & Logan-Greene, P. (in press). School engagement among young people entering probation. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
Bishop, A., Nurius, P. S., Logan-Greene, P., & Rousson, A. (in press).The influence of micro-meso resources on therapeutic progress and court re-involvement for youth on probation. JSSWR
Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities
Selected Grant Opportunities
Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program
Deadline: January 29, 2021
This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply.
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants
Deadline: February 01, 2021
Funds aim to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. These grants focus on building capacity in the research field by addressing questions relevant to early childhood programs that serve low-income children and families, as well as on fostering mentoring relationships between faculty members and doctoral students.
Alice F. Chang Cancer Wellness Grant
Deadline: February 1, 2021
Up to $9,000 to support research and research-based projects to improve the lives of cancer patients and/or cancer survivors through psychology.
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Mental Health Awareness Training Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Deadline: February 5, 2021
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is accepting applications for FY2021 Mental Health Awareness Training Grants (MHAT). The purpose of this program is to: 1.) train individuals (e.g., school personnel, emergency first responders, law enforcement, veterans, armed service members and their families) to recognize the signs and symptoms of mental disorders, particularly serious mental illness (SMI) and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED); 2.) establish linkages with school-and/or community-based mental health agencies to refer individuals with the signs or symptoms of mental illness to appropriate services; 3.) train emergency services personnel, veterans, law enforcement, fire department personnel, and others to identify persons with a mental disorder and employ crisis de-escalation techniques; and 4.) educate individuals about resources that are available in the community for individuals with a mental disorder.
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Enhancement and Expansion of Treatment and Recovery Services for Adolescents, Transitional Aged Youth, and their Families
Deadline: February 8, 2021
The substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is accepting applications for FY2021 Enhancement and Expansion of Treatment and Recovery Services for Adolescents, Transitional Aged Youth, and their Families grant program. The purpose of this program is to enhance and expand comprehensive treatment, early intervention, and recovery support services for adolescents (age 12-18) and transitional aged youth (ages 16-25) with substance use disorders (SUD) and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders (COD), and their families/primary caregivers.
APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
Deadline: February 15, 2021
Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape.
Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative
Deadline: February 16, 2021
The Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative offers grants to provide reentry services and programs to reduce recidivism and combat violence by facilitating the successful reintegration of individuals returning from incarceration, especially those with substance use disorders
Data Science for Global Good summer program
Deadlines:
Call for Project Proposals: Open through February 23
Call for Student Applications: Open through February 15
This program is an opportunity to work closely with data science professionals and students to make better use of your data. The Data Science for Social Good summer program at the UW eScience Institute brings together data scientists and domain researchers to work on focused, collaborative projects for societal benefit. If yo uwould like to discuss your idea before submitting a proposal, please reach out to Program Chair Anissa Tanweer (tanweer@uw.edu).
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Research on Juvenile Justice Topics
Deadline: February 25, 2021
This funding opportunity seeks proposals for studies that advance knowledge and understanding in one of the following two priority topic areas: 1.) Juvenile justice responses to the COVID-19 pandemic or 2.) deinstitutionalization of status offenders.
Royalty Research Fund (RRF)
Due March 1, 2021
The Royalty Research Fund (RRF) is a competitive awards program that provides research support to University of Washington faculty. The purpose of the RRF is to advance new directions in research, particularly:
- In disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal
- For faculty who are junior in rank
- In cases where funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding.
The RRF welcomes proposals with budgets up to $40,000. Proposals must demonstrate a high probability of generating important new creative activities or scholarly understandings, new scholarly materials or resources, significant data or information, or essential instrumentation. Proposals from all disciplines are welcome. The success rate for applicants averages 25%. For any questions about the program, please contact Peter Wilsnack (doogieh@uw.edu), (206) 685-9316.
Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program
Due March 1, 2021
Two new funding announcements have been released to enhance inclusive excellence at NIH-funded institutions. See RFA-RM-20-022 and RFA-RM-20-023. The FIRST program will provide funds for faculty recruitment and to establish inclusive environments at participating institutions to help those faculty succeed. A technical assistance webinar will be held on January 25, 2020, from 2:00-4:00pm EST.
Wayne F. Placek Grants
Due March 1, 2021
to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. Eligibility: Applicants must be either a doctoral-level researcher or graduate student. Due March 1, 2021.
Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: March 02, 2021
This funding opportunity announcement aims to support research to strengthen the healthcare response to COVID-19. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to focus on the role and impact of digital health interventions (e.g., mobile health, telemedicine and telehealth, health information technology, and wearable devices) to address access, reach, delivery, effectiveness, scalability and sustainability of health assessments and interventions for secondary effects (e.g., behavioral health or self-management of chronic conditions) that are utilized during and following the pandemic, particularly in populations who experience health disparities and vulnerable populations.
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Tribal-Researcher Capacity-Building Grants
Deadline: March 15, 2021
This funding opportunity seeks applications to fund new tribal-researcher capacity-building planning grants involving scientists working with tribal nations and organizations to develop tangible and mutually beneficial criminal or juvenile justice research studies that are rigorous and culturally appropriate. Research proposals must be tribally driven and address the challenges of fighting crime and strengthening justice systems in Indian country and Alaska Native villages.
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Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women
Deadline: March 16, 2021
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women grants support research and evaluation projects examining the issue of violence against women and the effectiveness of criminal justice system responses, procedures, and policies in addressing the problem. The program seeks to develop independent knowledge and tools to enhance law enforcement efforts to reduce violence and promote the safety of women, including elderly women and American Indian/Alaska Native women and girls, and their family members. Priority will be given to applications that address challenges in rural communities, that benefit individuals from high-poverty or persistent-poverty counties, and that enhance public safety in economically distressed communities or Opportunity Zones.
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Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Quality of Life Grant
LOI Deadline: February 11, 2021
Application Deadline: March 16, 2021
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Quality of Life Grants program impacts and empowers people living with paralysis, their families and caregivers. The 2021 Quality of Life grant program will offer Direct Effect and COVID-19: Addressing Social Isolation grants.
Direct Effect Grants ($25,000)
The Direct Effect Quality of Life Grant (Tier 1)is open-focused and will award at least 36 grants of up to $25,000 to support the same wide range of projects and activities of the traditional Quality of Life grants. Grants will fund specific budget items that will clearly impact individuals living with paralysis and their families, and the project must be completed within 12 months.
COVID-19: Addressing Social Isolation Grants ($25,000-$50,000)
The aim of the Reeve Foundation’s new grants program is to address social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic with the goal of enhancing connectedness of people living with paralysis and their caregivers to their communities and preventing adverse health outcomes.
NOTE: Only one application from UW allowed. Please submit a 1 page LOI with a description of proposed aims and approach and CV of the PI by February 11, 2021 to research@uw.edu.
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Deadline: March 17, 2021
Research on Biopsychosocial Factors of Social Connectedness and Isolation on Health, Well Being, Illness, and Recovery
this program provides grants for research projects that examine how social isolation and social connectedness affect outcomes in health, illness, recovery, and overall well being. Areas of focus include:
- Effects of social connectedness, connection, and isolation across the lifespan
- Mechanisms of connectedness, connection, and isolation, including neurobiological, behavioral, and environmental factors
- Knowledge representation and behavioral development
Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.
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Research and Evaluation on the Police Response to Homelessness
Deadline: April 5, 2021
This funding opportunity seeks proposals for rigorous research and evaluation projects to conduct exploratory research and secondary/open data analysis to assess the range of practices, strategies, and tactics used by police to respond to homelessness. Applicants must propose case studies, among other research activities, to establish the complexity and breadth of public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions connected to the police response to homelessness.
Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
LOI Deadline: April 21, 2021
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations.
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Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
LOI Deadline: May 5, 2021
This award funds research to improve the lives of young people ages 5-25 in the United States. This includes investing in high-quality field-initiated studies on improving the use of research evidence in ways that benefit youth. Of interest is research on improving the use of research evidence by state and local decision-makers, mid-level managers, and intermediaries. It welcomes investigations about research use in various systems, including justice, child welfare, mental health, and education.
NIDA Diversity Supplement Program
Deadline: May 11, 2021
This program provides support for underrepresented post-baccalaureates, pre-doctoral students, post-doctorates, and early-stage investigators to prepare for an independent career in addiction research. PIs with HIV/AIDS-related grants are particularly encouraged to apply. See FAQs and How to Apply. |
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Research Training Opportunities
2021 INSPIRE International Indigenous Health Research Training Program
Deadline: February 7, 2021
The Indigenous Substance Use and Addictions Prevention Interdisciplinary Research Education program (INSPIRE) offers a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary training in Indigenous health and health disparities research, with access to scientific mentors across fields. The 2-year program features individualized mentorship, research and writing retreats, grant development workshops, and seed funding ($22,000 in pulot funds for postdoctoral/early career scientists and $10,800 for doctoral students).NIDA Summer Research Internship Program
Deadline: February 12, 2021
This program supports undergraduate students with a focus on increasing underrepresented scholars interested in substance abuse and addiction research. Students participate in research internships (virtual or in-person) with NIDA funded scientists at universities across the US for 8 weeks during the summer and receive a stipend. |
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Research Events and Lectures
Leveraging Systems Change For Substance Misuse Prevention
January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:30am – 11am – online
This six-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work.Stand with the Innocent: Wrongful Convictions and Criminal Justice Reform- 44th annual University Faculty Lecture
January 28, 2021, 5:30pm
UW Law Professor Jacqueline McMurtrie, founder of the Washington Innocence Project, will deliver an online lecture on wrongful convictions and criminal justice reform, drawing on her decades of research and casework in the innocence movement. Registration required.*Newly Added*
Equity and Implementation Science: An Urgent Partnership
January 28, 2021, 7:30-9:00am
Healthcare equity, or the assurance of optimal, timely healthcare for all people is an active process, not a simple outcome. To achieve healthcare equity, the field of implementation science needs to embrace a social justice lens and value all individuals equally. Doing so entails explicitly recognizing, understanding, and acting upon historical and current injustices that have disenfranchised historically underserved populations from their right to quality care. This panel aims to bring voices to different groups of individuals who work in the intersection of social justice, equality, and implementation science. Registration required; cost is free.
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Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice Symposium: Addressing Racism from within the Social Work Profession: Reflections on our Past and Present
January 28-29, 2021, 9:30am-1:30pm
Social work has a complex history of upholding White supremacy alongside a goal to achieve racial justice. Moreover, our profession simultaneously practices within racist systems and works to dismantle them. In the wake of a fervent #BlackLivesMatter movement and persistent racial disparities in key social welfare institutions, these paradoxes have come to the forefront of discussion in academic and practice circles. This unique moment presents an opportunity to interrogate our profession’s relationship to White supremacy and racial justice in order to reimagine an anti-racist future. This series of virtual symposia will address these themes. Registration required; cost is free.
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It’s Not so Black and White: Race, Health Disparities and How we Report Them
February 9, 2021, 12:00-3:00pm
This event, hosted by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, focuses on how race is utilized, reported and interpreted in biomedical research. Is the use of race as a variable in clinical research practical or problematic? How can researchers responsibly investigate health disparities between racial groups to work towards meaningful change? This seminar explores these issues from multiple perspectives, including representatives from the funding, publishing, and research communities. Registration required; cost is free.
Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.
Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization
April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families.
Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology
May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW.
Racial Violence and the Fight for Racial Justice
March 12, 2021, 11:00am-12:00pm
This panel, part 4 of the 4-part Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality and Race (WISIR) series on Contemporary Race & Politics in the United States, will discuss where we stand now one year after Breonna Taylor’s death. Registration required.
Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions
June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW. |
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Conferences and Workshops
Grant Writing Nuggets
January 27, 2021, 1:00-2:05pm
This online session, part of the Career Development Series offered by the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), will discuss grant writing skills through a focus on proposal preparation, writing strategies, and pre-proposal timeline. At the end of the session, attendees will have acquired strategies for preparing and submitting a proposal. Cost is free. Registration required.Team Science Boot Camp,
February 1-5, 12:00-2:00pm daily, 2021. Improve your team effectiveness and meet your research objectives with less stress and more enjoyment. This year the boot camp will all be online, making this is a great chance for teams from around the region and beyond to take advantage of this training! After you register, the Team Science leaders will customize the training and create an agenda based on what the participating teams say are their biggest challenges. Cost is free.February 24, 2021, 12:00-1:05pm
An Editor’s View on Publishing a Paper
In this online session, part of the Career Development series offered by the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), a journal editor will review the most common reasons for a paper to be rejected and how to avoid those pitfalls. Cost is free. Registration required.
Building Protection Using the Social Development Strategy (SDS)
This no-cost, 6-session distance learning series offers an interactive forum for participants to explore how to build protection in communities, schools, and families using the Social Development Strategy (SDS). This series offers 13 Continuing Education hours, and space is limited to 25 participants. Sessions run from February 18, 2021-March 31, 2021. More information can be found here.
39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies*Newly Added*
Health Equity Conference
May 4, 2021
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is a national nonprofit membership organization. The association’s mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues through advocacy, communications, education, and research. This event is for anyone with an interest in rural health care, including rural health practitioners, hospital administrators, clinic directors and lay health workers, social workers, and more. |
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Resources for Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching
*The Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative (BIMI) at UC Berkeley has created the BIMI Migration Slide Deck. This slide deck covers a wide variety of basic topics related to migration, providing summaries of key data, statistics, and concepts. They are free to use; just please credit BIMI (if you have ideas for additional slides or are willing to share yours, please send them to bimi@berkeley.edu.BIMI also organizes an annual Summer Institute in Migration Research Methods. The BIMI Youtube channel now includes six edited videos of lectures from the 2018 and 2019 Summer Institute programs, reducing 90 minute lectures down to about 20 minutes of key points. These lectures are a great resource for (online) teaching, to share with your (graduate) students, or as a quick primer on a technique or research method you would like to use in your research related to migration. You will find titles and topics below:
2019 Summer Institute in Migration Research Methods
2018 Summer Institute in Migration Research Methods
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Fellowship Applications
UWRA Scholarship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
The University of Washington Retirement Association, a membership organization of retired UW faculty and staff, announces the availability of scholarships for UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students with a focus on research related to aging or on the provision of services to older adults. Up to three awards of up to $4,000 each.UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
A one-quarter fellowship that supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns.Fritz & Boeing International Fellowships
Deadline: February 1, 2021
These grants are available to fund international research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Please see this website for eligibility and further application instructions. |
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Call for Papers and Abstracts
NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) Early Stage Investigator Paper Competition
Deadline: January 31, 2021
OBSSR invites early stage investigators who were the sole or primary author of an article published or accepted and in-press between January 1-December 31, 2020 to submit manuscripts for the 14th NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Honors competition. Submitted manuscripts must focus on the study of behavioral and social phenomena relevant to health. Conceptual, review, or meta-analysis papers are not eligible. Up to four ESI awardees will be selected to present the findings from their accepted paper at a virtual event on May 5, 2021 from 1:00-4:00pm EST. Questions? Please contact NIHMWRHonors@nih.gov.American Journal of Public Health: COVID-19, Racism, and Public Health Infrastructure
Deadline: January 21, 2021
AJPH invites editorials, commentaries, essays, public health practice, and research articles that critically examine how the public health infrastructure has influenced responses to COVID-19 and responses to systemic racism.Social Service Review Special Issue: “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration”
Deadline April 30, 2021
Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work
Deadline: June 01, 2021
The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism |
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To access an array of research resources, including guiding principles, proposal development, sample grant applications, human subject reviews and more go to MySSW. For information on the latest COVID-19 research opportunities, go here.
The Graduate and Professional Student (GPSS) wanted to highlight our funding and lobbying opportunities available for students!
The GPSS offers several avenues for funding, and we encourage students to apply! Our Diversity Funds are awarded to supplement programs and events related to diversity efforts and benefit a cross-section of graduate and professional students. Our Travel Grants are awarded to students attending conferences and seminars, including remote engagements. Students whose conference participation might otherwise be unfunded, have strong academic credentials, and are making fair progress towards their respective degrees are encouraged to apply. Students seeking funding may find more information on these and other funding opportunities on the GPSS Funding webpage. General questions may be directed towards gpsstres@uw.edu or gpssbs@uw.edu, but questions on Diversity Funds should be directed towards gpsssec@uw.edu.
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All students are encouraged to join our second annual virtual Graduate Student Day on the Hill (GODH)! While we are unable to physically travel to Olympia to meet with our legislators this year, we are still advocating strongly for students and we would love to have your voice join us! With your help, we can ensure that the needs of graduate and professional students across the state of Washington are represented to state legislators. Students may review GPSS’s Legislative Agenda here. No experience is necessary to participate! All participants in the 2021 GDOH must participate in a mandatory training on February 19th from 3-4:30pm. Please RSVP here by February 5th, and feel free to contact gpssod@uw.edu with any questions.
Highlighted News
Reminder:
Please send your Newsletter contributions to Tasha Murphy (tbmurphy@uw.edu).
Congratulations!
Congratulations are in order for Elena Erosheva, who has been appointed to a new Committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine on “Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions”. You can learn more about this committee here.
New Publications:
Yuanjin Zhou, MA, Avery O’Hara, BSN, Emily Ishado, MSW, Soo Borson, MD, Tatiana Sadak, PhD, Developing a new behavioral framework for dementia care partner resilience (CP-R): A mixed research synthesis, The Gerontologist, gnaa218, https://doi-org.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/10.1093/geront/gnaa218
Harner, V. (2021) Trans Intracommunity Support & Knowledge Sharing in the United States & Canada: a Scoping Literature Review. Health and Social Care in the Community. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13276
Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities
Selected Grant Opportunities
*Newly Added*
Research on the Health of Women of Understudied, Underrepresented and Underreported Populations (Supplement)
Deadline: January 21, 2021
The Office of Research On Women’s Health of the National Institutes of Health supports interdisciplinary research to address health disparities, at the intersection of social determinants, among populations of women who experience a disproportionate burden of illness with its U3 administrative supplement, “Research on the health of women of understudied, underrepresented and underreported (U3) populations”. Applications for the administrative supplement are due on January 21, 2021.
Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program
Deadline: January 29, 2021
This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply.
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants
Deadline: February 01, 2021
Funds aim to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. These grants focus on building capacity in the research field by addressing questions relevant to early childhood programs that serve low-income children and families, as well as on fostering mentoring relationships between faculty members and doctoral students.
Alice F. Chang Cancer Wellness Grant
Deadline: February 1, 2021
Up to $9,000 to support research and research-based projects to improve the lives of cancer patients and/or cancer survivors through psychology.
APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
Deadline: February 15, 2021
Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape.
Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative
Deadline: February 16, 2021
The Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative offers grants to provide reentry services and programs to reduce recidivism and combat violence by facilitating the successful reintegration of individuals returning from incarceration, especially those with substance use disorders
Data Science for Global Good summer program
Deadlines:
Call for Project Proposals: Open through February 23
Call for Student Applications: Open through February 15
This program is an opportunity to work closely with data science professionals and students to make better use of your data. The Data Science for Social Good summer program at the UW eScience Institute brings together data scientists and domain researchers to work on focused, collaborative projects for societal benefit. If yo uwould like to discuss your idea before submitting a proposal, please reach out to Program Chair Anissa Tanweer (tanweer@uw.edu).
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Royalty Research Fund (RRF)
Due March 1, 2021
The Royalty Research Fund (RRF) is a competitive awards program that provides research support to University of Washington faculty. The purpose of the RRF is to advance new directions in research, particularly:
- In disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal
- For faculty who are junior in rank
- In cases where funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding.
The RRF welcomes proposals with budgets up to $40,000. Proposals must demonstrate a high probability of generating important new creative activities or scholarly understandings, new scholarly materials or resources, significant data or information, or essential instrumentation. Proposals from all disciplines are welcome. The success rate for applicants averages 25%. For any questions about the program, please contact Peter Wilsnack (doogieh@uw.edu), (206) 685-9316.
Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program
Due March 1, 2021
Two new funding announcements have been released to enhance inclusive excellence at NIH-funded institutions. See RFA-RM-20-022 and RFA-RM-20-023. The FIRST program will provide funds for faculty recruitment and to establish inclusive environments at participating institutions to help those faculty succeed. A technical assistance webinar will be held on January 25, 2020, from 2:00-4:00pm EST.
Wayne F. Placek Grants
Due March 1, 2021
to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. Eligibility: Applicants must be either a doctoral-level researcher or graduate student. Due March 1, 2021.
Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: March 02, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.
Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
LOI Deadline: April 21, 2021
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations.
NIDA Diversity Supplement Program
Deadline: May 11, 2021
This program provides support for underrepresented post-baccalaureates, pre-doctoral students, post-doctorates, and early-stage investigators to prepare for an independent career in addiction research. PIs with HIV/AIDS-related grants are particularly encouraged to apply. See FAQs and How to Apply.
Research Opportunity at Crisis Connections
Crisis Connections is looking to connect with a university graduate department to offer mutually beneficial research opportunities. They have several curricula that they use for training that would benefit from quantitative and qualitative data for program improvement. Please contact Melissa Tucker, Training Department Supervisor, at mtucker@crisisconnections.org or (206) 204-9521.
Research Training Opportunities
Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences
Deadline: Tuesday January 19, 2021, 2 pm PST. Now accepting applications for 2021. The MMRTP Retreat will be held in the Summer of 2021.
2021 INSPIRE International Indigenous Health Research Training Program
Deadline: February 7, 2021
The Indigenous Substance Use and Addictions Prevention Interdisciplinary Research Education program (INSPIRE) offers a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary training in Indigenous health and health disparities research, with access to scientific mentors across fields. The 2-year program features individualized mentorship, research and writing retreats, grant development workshops, and seed funding ($22,000 in pulot funds for postdoctoral/early career scientists and $10,800 for doctoral students).
NIDA Summer Research Internship Program
Deadline: February 12, 2021
This program supports undergraduate students with a focus on increasing underrepresented scholars interested in substance abuse and addiction research. Students participate in research internships (virtual or in-person) with NIDA funded scientists at universities across the US for 8 weeks during the summer and receive a stipend.
Research Events and Lectures
Leveraging Systems Change For Substance Misuse Prevention
January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:30am – 11am – online
This six-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work.
The Roles of Culture and Collaboration in Preventing Suicide and Substance Misuse in Indigenous Communities
January 21, 2021, 3pm-4pm – online
This webinar will provide an overview of the connections between suicide and substance misuse, the necessity of community partnerships, and ways in which culture can prevent suicide and substance misuse.
Psychiatry Grand Rounds, A Ripley Memorial Lecture: How will the Traumas of COVID-19 Affect Us in the Long Term?
January 22, 12:00-1:00pm
Rebecca Hendrickson, M.D., Ph.D., Psychiatrist in the VA PTST Outpatient Clinic and Research Investigator at the VA Northwest Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center will present results of a longitudinal study of healthcare workers and first responders.
Webinar link: https://uw-phi.zoom.us/j/95229242811?pwd=eWJZWXRQZ3RSRDhsaUpNQlo1NCtKUT09
Passcode: 461403
Webinar ID: 952 2924 2811
iPhone one-tap:US: +12532158782,,95229242811# or +12063379723,,95229242811#
Telephone: +1 206 337 9723
COVID-19 & Racial Inequities
January 22, 2021, 11:00am – 12:00pm
This panel, part 3 of the 4-part Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality and Race (WISIR) series on Contemporary Race & Politics in the United States, will discuss racial inequities related to COVID-19. Registration required.
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Stand with the Innocent: Wrongful Convictions and Criminal Justice Reform- 44th annual University Faculty Lecture
January 28, 2021, 5:30pm
UW Law Professor Jacqueline McMurtrie, founder of the Washington Innocence Project, will deliver an online lecture on wrongful convictions and criminal justice reform, drawing on her decades of research and casework in the innocence movement. Registration required.
Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.
Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization
April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families.
Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology
May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW.
Racial Violence and the Fight for Racial Justice
March 12, 2021, 11:00am-12:00pm
This panel, part 4 of the 4-part Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality and Race (WISIR) series on Contemporary Race & Politics in the United States, will discuss where we stand now one year after Breonna Taylor’s death. Registration required.
Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions
June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW.
Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals
Deadline: January 21, 2021
The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders.
Conferences and Workshops
*Newly Added*
Specific Aims: Steps to Success
January 25, 2021, 2:00-3:15pm
In this online session, part of the Career Development Series offered by the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), participants will learn how to write each of the four critical sections of a Specific Aims page. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own Specific Aims page from a grant proposal they have written, if available. Cost is free. Registration required.
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Grant Writing Nuggets
January 27, 2021, 1:00-2:05pm
This online session, part of the Career Development Series offered by the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), will discuss grant writing skills through a focus on proposal preparation, writing strategies, and pre-proposal timeline. At the end of the session, attendees will have acquired strategies for preparing and submitting a proposal. Cost is free. Registration required.
Team Science Boot Camp,
February 1-5, 12:00-2:00pm daily, 2021. Improve your team effectiveness and meet your research objectives with less stress and more enjoyment. This year the boot camp will all be online, making this is a great chance for teams from around the region and beyond to take advantage of this training! After you register, the Team Science leaders will customize the training and create an agenda based on what the participating teams say are their biggest challenges. Cost is free.
*Newly Added*
February 24, 2021, 12:00-1:05pm
An Editor’s View on Publishing a Paper
In this online session, part of the Career Development series offered by the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), a journal editor will review the most common reasons for a paper to be rejected and how to avoid those pitfalls. Cost is free. Registration required.
Building Protection Using the Social Development Strategy (SDS)
This no-cost, 6-session distance learning series offers an interactive forum for participants to explore how to build protection in communities, schools, and families using the Social Development Strategy (SDS). This series offers 13 Continuing Education hours, and space is limited to 25 participants. Sessions run from February 18, 2021-March 31, 2021. More information can be found here.
39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies
39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies
Resources for Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching
*Newly Added*
The Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative (BIMI) at UC Berkeley has created the BIMI Migration Slide Deck. This slide deck covers a wide variety of basic topics related to migration, providing summaries of key data, statistics, and concepts. They are free to use; just please credit BIMI (if you have ideas for additional slides or are willing to share yours, please send them to bimi@berkeley.edu.
BIMI also organizes an annual Summer Institute in Migration Research Methods. The BIMI Youtube channel now includes six edited videos of lectures from the 2018 and 2019 Summer Institute programs, reducing 90 minute lectures down to about 20 minutes of key points. These lectures are a great resource for (online) teaching, to share with your (graduate) students, or as a quick primer on a technique or research method you would like to use in your research related to migration. You will find titles and topics below:
2019 Summer Institute in Migration Research Methods
2018 Summer Institute in Migration Research Methods
Ethics & Human Subjects Today in Migration Studies: Legal Rights & Limits for Researchers
Fellowship Applications
UWRA Scholarship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
The University of Washington Retirement Association, a membership organization of retired UW faculty and staff, announces the availability of scholarships for UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students with a focus on research related to aging or on the provision of services to older adults. Up to three awards of up to $4,000 each.
UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
A one-quarter fellowship that supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns.
Fritz & Boeing International Fellowships
Deadline: February 1, 2021
These grants are available to fund international research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Please see this website for eligibility and further application instructions.
Call for Papers
*Newly Added*
NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) Early Stage Investigator Paper Competition
Deadline: January 31, 2021
OBSSR invites early stage investigators who were the sole or primary author of an article published or accepted and in-press between January 1-December 31, 2020 to submit manuscripts for the 14th NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Honors competition. Submitted manuscripts must focus on the study of behavioral and social phenomena relevant to health. Conceptual, review, or meta-analysis papers are not eligible. Up to four ESI awardees will be selected to present the findings from their accepted paper at a virtual event on May 5, 2021 from 1:00-4:00pm EST. Questions? Please contact NIHMWRHonors@nih.gov.
American Journal of Public Health: COVID-19, Racism, and Public Health Infrastructure
Deadline: January 21, 2021
AJPH invites editorials, commentaries, essays, public health practice, and research articles that critically examine how the public health infrastructure has influenced responses to COVID-19 and responses to systemic racism.
Social Service Review Special Issue: “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration”
Deadline April 30, 2021
Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work
Deadline: June 01, 2021
The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism.
To access an array of research resources, including guiding principles, proposal development, sample grant applications, human subject reviews and more go to MySSW. For information on the latest COVID-19 research opportunities, go here.
Apply by Monday, February 8, 2021 for the 2021-2022 Academic Year
The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies currently seeks applications from University of Washington graduate students for grants of up to $5,000 for research about work, workers, and their organizations. The purpose of these grants is to provide funding for research expenses. A broad range of expenses can be covered, including travel costs and living expenses while traveling. These grants are generally not intended to cover everyday living expenses; however, for applicants whose research does not require travel outside of the Puget Sound area, it may be appropriate to give a grant as a stipend to cover local living expenses.
Applicants must demonstrate the significance of their proposed research to the interdisciplinary field of labor studies. Research may focus on any dimension of labor in the United States or abroad, including but not limited to class relations, the social conditions of work, the labor process, working-class culture or politics, work and gender, work and race/ethnicity, the relationship between labor and the state, unions, or comparative international labor relations. Proposals must indicate how the research is likely to generate important new information, interpretations, scholarly resources, and contributions to the applicant’s discipline and field.
Deadline to apply is Monday, February 8, 2021. For more information about eligibility and application requiements, please visit https://labor.washington.edu/labor-research-grants-graduate-students
Scholarship opportunity available to female graduate students at University of Washington who are studying medicine, law, or social and public services.
Doyne M. Green Scholarship
- Renewable scholarship for $4,000.
- Open to female Education, Law, Health, Science & Engineering, and Public affairs students.
- Support for advanced degrees at accredited 4-year college or university in the state of Washington.
- Application available on the WashBoard: https://washboard.wsac.wa.gov/login.aspx
- Deadline to apply: March 1, 2021.
Doyne M Green Scholarship Overview
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New Publications:
Brown, E. C., Montero-Zamora, P., Cardozo-Macías, F., Reyes-Rodríguez, M. F., Briney, J. S., Mejía-Trujillo, J., & Pérez-Gómez, A. (2021). A comparison of cut points for measuring risk factors for adolescent substance use and antisocial behaviors in the U.S. and Colombia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 470.Olson, J.R., Lucy, M., Kellogg, M.A., Schmitz, K., Berntson, T., Stuber, J.,& Bruns, E.J. (2021) What happens when training goes virtual? Adapting training and technical assistance for the school mental health workforce in response to COVID=19 School Mental Health Published Online First: 4 January 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-020-09401-
Goldhaber, D., Strunk, K.O., Hoptkins, B., Brown, N., Harbatkin, E., & Kilbride, T. (2020). To what extent does in-person schooling contribute to the spread of COVID-19? Evidence from Michigan and Washington. CEDR Working Paper No. 12232020-1. University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
* This work was featured in the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post.
Gratz, T., Goldhaber, D., Willgerodt, M., & Brown, N. (2020). The front-line health care workers in schools: Health equity, the distribution of school nurses, and student access. CEDR Working Paper No. 12072020-1. University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
* This work was featured in the Seattle Times.
Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities
Selected Grant Opportunities
Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
January 13, 2021 (LOI, 1st round, Major and Officers’ grants)
May 5, 2021 (LOI, 2nd round, Major grants only)
August 4, 2021 (3rd round, Major and Officers’ grants
*Newly Added*
Conducting Research to Inform Pandemic Response and Recovery of Emergency-Affected Populations by Determining Public Health Needs, Improving Methods, and Integrating Services to Mitigate Morbidity and Mortality
LOI Deadline: January 14, 2021
Submission Deadline: February 18, 2021
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity is to understand the needs of emergency-affected and displaced populations by improving epidemiological methods, estimating morbidity and mortality of these populations during COVID-19, as well as understand the specific health sector needs of persons affected by humanitarian/public health emergencies and best practices for improving health outcomes.
*NOTE: Only one applicant from UW will be selected. If interested, please send a 1-page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach and the PI’s CV to research@uw.edu by 5:00pm Thursday, January 14, 2021.
Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program
Deadline: January 29, 2021
This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply.
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants
Deadline: February 01, 2021
Funds aim to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. These grants focus on building capacity in the research field by addressing questions relevant to early childhood programs that serve low-income children and families, as well as on fostering mentoring relationships between faculty members and doctoral students.
Alice F. Chang Cancer Wellness Grant
Deadline: February 1, 2021
Up to $9,000 to support research and research-based projects to improve the lives of cancer patients and/or cancer survivors through psychology.
APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
Deadline: February 15, 2021
Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape.
Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative
Deadline: February 16, 2021
The Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative offers grants to provide reentry services and programs to reduce recidivism and combat violence by facilitating the successful reintegration of individuals returning from incarceration, especially those with substance use disorders
*Newly Added*
Data Science for Global Good summer program
Deadlines:
Call for Project Proposals: Open through February 23
Call for Student Applications: Open through February 15
This program is an opportunity to work closely with data science professionals and students to make better use of your data. The Data Science for Social Good summer program at the UW eScience Institute brings together data scientists and domain researchers to work on focused, collaborative projects for societal benefit. If yo uwould like to discuss your idea before submitting a proposal, please reach out to Program Chair Anissa Tanweer (tanweer@uw.edu).
*Newly Added*
Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program
Due March 1, 2021
Two new funding announcements have been released to enhance inclusive excellence at NIH-funded institutions. See RFA-RM-20-022 and RFA-RM-20-023. The FIRST program will provide funds for faculty recruitment and to establish inclusive environments at participating institutions to help those faculty succeed. A technical assistance webinar will be held on January 25, 2020, from 2:00-4:00pm EST.
Wayne F. Placek Grants
Due March 1, 2021
to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. Eligibility: Applicants must be either a doctoral-level researcher or graduate student. Due March 1, 2021.
Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: March 02, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.
Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
LOI Deadline: April 21, 2021
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations.
*Newly Added*
NIDA Diversity Supplement Program
Deadline: May 11, 2021
This program provides support for underrepresented post-baccalaureates, pre-doctoral students, post-doctorates, and early-stage investigators to prepare for an independent career in addiction research. PIs with HIV/AIDS-related grants are particularly encouraged to apply. See FAQs and How to Apply. |
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Research Opportunity at Crisis Connections
| Crisis Connections is looking to connect with a university graduate department to offer mutually beneficial research opportunities. They have several curricula that they use for training that would benefit from quantitative and qualitative data for program improvement. Please contact Melissa Tucker, Training Department Supervisor, at mtucker@crisisconnections.org or (206) 204-9521. |
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Research Training Opportunities
*Newly Added*
NIDA Diversity Scholars Grant Writing Program
Deadline: January 15, 2021
This is a competitive, rigorous, and comprehensive program aimed at enhancing the funding success of outstanding underrrepresented early-stage inveestigators conducting substance use and addiction research.*Newly Added*
NIDA Summer Research Internship Program
Deadline: February 12, 2021
This program supports undergraduate students with a focus on increasing underrepresented scholars interested in substance abuse and addiction research. Students participate in research internships (virtual or in-person) with NIDA funded scientists at universities across the US for 8 weeks during the summer and receive a stipend. |
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Research Events
Leveraging Systems Change For Substance Misuse Prevention
January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:30am – 11am – online
This six-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work.
Beyond Economic Mobility: Can Higher Education Advance Racial Equity?
Thurs. Jan. 7, 5:30pm
a moderated discussion about the role higher education can play in achieving a more just society in a challenging budget session.
Disabling Relations: Injured Bodyminds & Active Witnessing – Sona Kazemi Hill.
January 14, 3:00pm.
Register at https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlceuoqD0jGNz
The Center for Humanities. While settler-colonialism has received some attention in Disability Studies, imperialism has largely remained unexplored. .The Roles of Culture and Collaboration in Preventing Suicide and Substance Misuse in Indigenous Communities
January 21, 2021, 3pm-4pm – online
This webinar will provide an overview of the connections between suicide and substance misuse, the necessity of community partnerships, and ways in which culture can prevent suicide and substance misuse.
Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.
Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization
April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families.
Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology
May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW.
Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions
June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW. |
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Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals
Deadline: January 21, 2021
The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders. |
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Conferences, Trainings and Workshops
Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences
Deadline: Tuesday January 19, 2021, 2 pm PST. Now accepting applications for 2021. The MMRTP Retreat will be held in the Summer of 2021.Team Science Boot Camp,
February 1-5, 12:00-2:00pm daily, 2021. Improve your team effectiveness and meet your research objectives with less stress and more enjoyment. This year the boot camp will all be online, making this is a great chance for teams from around the region and beyond to take advantage of this training! After you register, the Team Science leaders will customize the training and create an agenda based on what the participating teams say are their biggest challenges. Cost is free.
*Newly Added*
Building Protection Using the Social Development Strategy (SDS)
This no-cost, 6-session distance learning series offers an interactive forum for participants to explore how to build protection in communities, schools, and families using the Social Development Strategy (SDS). This series offers 13 Continuing Education hours, and space is limited to 25 participants. Sessions run from February 18, 2021-March 31, 2021. More information can be found here.
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Fellowship Applications
UWRA Scholarship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
The University of Washington Retirement Association, a membership organization of retired UW faculty and staff, announces the availability of scholarships for UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students with a focus on research related to aging or on the provision of services to older adults. Up to three awards of up to $4,000 each.UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
A one-quarter fellowship that supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns.
Fritz & Boeing International Fellowships
Deadline: February 1, 2021
These grants are available to fund international research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Please see this website for eligibility and further application instructions. |
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Call for Papers
Special Issue of Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education
Deadline: January 15, 2021
this issue will examine how technology opportunities are being used to replace in-person educational activities. Effective methods for enhancing teaching, professional development, trainings, and continuing education for Social Work and other helping professions will be highlighted.American Journal of Public Health: COVID-19, Racism, and Public Health Infrastructure
Deadline: January 21, 2021
AJPH invites editorials, commentaries, essays, public health practice, and research articles that critically examine how the public health infrastructure has influenced responses to COVID-19 and responses to systemic racism.
Social Service Review Special Issue: “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration”
Deadline April 30, 2021
Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work
Deadline: June 01, 2021
The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism |
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| To access an array of research resources, including guiding principles, proposal development, sample grant applications, human subject reviews and more go to MySSW. For information on the latest COVID-19 research opportunities, go here. |
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Apply now – Foreign Languages & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship
Fellowships include tuition and a monthly living stipend | FLAS Fellowships support undergraduate, graduate and professional students in acquiring modern foreign languages and area/global studies knowledge. Students from all programs and departments are encouraged to apply. FLAS Fellowships are available to U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
To learn more about the FLAS program, click HERE
Application Deadline: January 31, 2021
NOTE TO MSW and BASW students – because your program is cohort-based with classes only happening once/year AND that you have practicum requirements that take you off campus for 2-3 days/week, the SUMMER FLAS awards tend to work much better for social work students.
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Highlighted News
Important addition to OFFER team and support services for you!
The OFFER team is now greatly enriched by the addition of Dr. Tasha Murphy to our team! In addition to assuming the role of newsletter editor, Tasha will be a support resource for a variety of questions SSW community members may have during the grant submission process, from topics such as IRB, budget preparation, etc. More details to follow, but please join us in welcoming Tasha! Also, going forward, please now send your Newsletter contributions to Tasha. You can contact Tasha at tbmurphy@uw.edu.
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Dr. Tasha Murphy has been involved in clinical research throughout her career. She did her postdoctoral fellowship in the department of Anesthesiology at UW, and served as an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M College of Medicine. She was a Research Scientist and Instructor at SSW before moving to Seattle Children’s in 2017, where she managed the Research Coordinator Core and supervised the Grants and Contracts Administrators for the Center for Clinical and Translational Research. She is very happy to be coming back to SSW!
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Tomorrow! Speaker Series: Leaders in Prevention Science
January 6, 1:00pm Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington
The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the UW School of Social Work is pleased to present a Leaders in Prevention Science speaker series to share the work of leading scholars with our colleagues. |
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New Publication:
Olson, J.R., Lucy, M., Kellogg, M.A., Schmitz, K., Berntson, T., Stuber, J., Bruns, E.J. (2021) What happens when training goes virtual? Adapting training and technical assistance for the school mental health workforce in response to COVID=19 School Mental Health Published Online First: 4 January 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-020-09401-
Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities
Selected Grant Opportunities
*Newly Added*
Research to Address Vaccine Hesitancy, Uptake, and Implementation among Populations that Experience Health Disparities
Deadline: January 08, 2021
This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) highlights the need for research strategies and interventions to address vaccine hesitancy, uptake, and implementation among populations who experience health disparities in the US.*
*Newly Added*
Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
January 13, 2021 (LOI, 1st round, Major and Officers’ grants)
May 5, 2021 (LOI, 2nd round, Major grants only)
August 4, 2021 (3rd round, Major and Officers’ grants
Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program
Deadline: January 29, 2021
This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply.
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants
Deadline: February 01, 2021
Funds aim to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. These grants focus on building capacity in the research field by addressing questions relevant to early childhood programs that serve low-income children and families, as well as on fostering mentoring relationships between faculty members and doctoral students.
Alice F. Chang Cancer Wellness Grant
Deadline: February 1, 2021
Up to $9,000 to support research and research-based projects to improve the lives of cancer patients and/or cancer survivors through psychology.
APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
Deadline: February 15, 2021
Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape.
*Newly Added*
Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative
Deadline: February 16, 2021
The Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative offers grants to provide reentry services and programs to reduce recidivism and combat violence by facilitating the successful reintegration of individuals returning from incarceration, especially those with substance use disorders
Wayne F. Placek Grants
Due March 1, 2021
to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. Eligibility: Applicants must be either a doctoral-level researcher or graduate student. Due March 1, 2021.
Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: March 02, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.
*Newly Added*
Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
LOI Deadline: April 21, 2021
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations. |
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Leveraging Systems Change For Substance Misuse Prevention
January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:30am – 11am – online
This six-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work.
Beyond Economic Mobility: Can Higher Education Advance Racial Equity?
Thurs. Jan. 7, 5:30pm
a moderated discussion about the role higher education can play in achieving a more just society in a challenging budget session.
Disabling Relations: Injured Bodyminds & Active Witnessing – Sona Kazemi Hill.
January 14, 3:00pm.
Register at https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlceuoqD0jGNz
The Center for Humanities. While settler-colonialism has received some attention in Disability Studies, imperialism has largely remained unexplored. .
The Roles of Culture and Collaboration in Preventing Suicide and Substance Misuse in Indigenous Communities
January 21, 2021, 3pm-4pm – online
This webinar will provide an overview of the connections between suicide and substance misuse, the necessity of community partnerships, and ways in which culture can prevent suicide and substance misuse.
Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.
Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization
April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families.
Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology
May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW.
Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions
June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW. |
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Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals
Deadline: January 21, 2021
The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders. |
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Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences
Deadline Tuesday January 19, 2021 2 pm PST. Now accepting applications for 2021. . The MMRTP Retreat will be held in the Summer of 2021
Team Science Boot Camp,
February 1-5, 12:00-2:00pm daily, 2021. Improve your team effectiveness and meet your research objectives with less stress and more enjoyment. This year the boot camp will all be online, making this is a great chance for teams from around the region and beyond to take advantage of this training! After you register, the Team Science leaders will customize the training and create an agenda based on what the participating teams say are their biggest challenges. Cost is free.
8th Annual Global Well-Being and Social Change Conference, April 14-16, 2021
Deadline December 31, 2020
This year’s theme: GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: ACKNOWLEDGING INTERCONNECTEDNESS AND CULTIVATING SOCIAL JUSTICE
9th Annual LGBTQ Research Symposium June 3 – 4, 2021 (fully online)
January 02, 2021
Theme: “Looking Back, Moving Forward: Queerness, Accessibility, Intersectionality”
Supporting Survivors of Suicide Loss
January 5, 2021 2:00 ET
This webinar will discuss common reactions, emotions, and the challenges that survivors of suicide loss may experience. This webinar will equip healthcare providers with the tools needed to support survivors.
Call for Papers
American Journal of Public Health: COVID-19, Racism, and Public Health Infrastructure
Deadline: January 21, 2021
AJPH invites editorials, commentaries, essays, public health practice, and research articles that critically examine how the public health infrastructure has influenced responses to COVID-19 and responses to systemic racism.
39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies
39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies |
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Fellowship Applications
Fritz & Boeing International Fellowships
Deadline: February 1, 2021
These grants are available to fund international research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Please see this website for eligibility and further application instructions.
UWRA Scholarship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
The University of Washington Retirement Association, a membership organization of retired UW faculty and staff, announces the availability of scholarships for UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students with a focus on research related to aging or on the provision of services to older adults. Up to three awards of up to $4,000 each.
UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
A one-quarter fellowship that supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns. |
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Special Issue of Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education
Deadline: January 15, 2021
this issue will examine how technology opportunities are being used to replace in-person educational activities. Effective methods for enhancing teaching, professional development, trainings, and continuing education for Social Work and other helping professions will be highlighted.
Social Service Review Special Issue: “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration”
Deadline April 30, 2021
Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work
Deadline: June 01, 2021
The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism |
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To access an array of research resources, including guiding principles, proposal development, sample grant applications, human subject reviews and more go to MySSW. For information on the latest COVID-19 research opportunities, go here. |
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Highlighted News
Early bird registration for SSWR ends January 4, 2021.
All presenters/speakers are required to register for the conference and must be current 2021 SSWR members. This includes ALL oral paper and poster presenters, symposia organizers, symposia paper presenters and discussants, and workshop and roundtable speakers and SIG conveners.
Register here
Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities
Selected Grant Opportunities
*Newly Added*
Research to Address Vaccine Hesitancy, Uptake, and Implementation among Populations that Experience Health Disparities
Deadline: January 08, 2021
This Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) highlights the need for research strategies and interventions to address vaccine hesitancy, uptake, and implementation among populations who experience health disparities in the US.*
*Newly Added*
Research Grants on Improving the Use of Research Evidence and Research Grants on Reducing Inequality
January 13, 2021 (LOI, 1st round, Major and Officers’ grants)
May 5, 2021 (LOI, 2nd round, Major grants only)
August 4, 2021 (3rd round, Major and Officers’ grants
Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program
Deadline: January 29, 2021
This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply.
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants
Deadline: February 01, 2021
Funds aim to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. These grants focus on building capacity in the research field by addressing questions relevant to early childhood programs that serve low-income children and families, as well as on fostering mentoring relationships between faculty members and doctoral students.
Alice F. Chang Cancer Wellness Grant
Deadline: February 1, 2021
Up to $9,000 to support research and research-based projects to improve the lives of cancer patients and/or cancer survivors through psychology.
APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
Deadline: February 15, 2021
Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape.
*Newly Added*
Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative
Deadline: February 16, 2021
The Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative offers grants to provide reentry services and programs to reduce recidivism and combat violence by facilitating the successful reintegration of individuals returning from incarceration, especially those with substance use disorders
Wayne F. Placek Grants
Due March 1, 2021
to support empirical research from all fields of the behavioral and social sciences on any topic related to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. Eligibility: Applicants must be either a doctoral-level researcher or graduate student. Due March 1, 2021.
Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 – Clinical Trial Optional)
Deadline: March 02, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.
*Newly Added*
Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
LOI Deadline: April 21, 2021
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research on interventions to improve health in Native American (NA) populations.
Research Events
Speaker Series: Leaders in Prevention Science
The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the UW School of Social Work is pleased to present a Leaders in Prevention Science speaker series to share the work of leading scholars with our colleagues.
January 6, 1:00pm Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington
Leveraging Systems Change For Substance Misuse Prevention
January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:30am – 11am – online
This six-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work.
Beyond Economic Mobility: Can Higher Education Advance Racial Equity?
Thurs. Jan. 7, 5:30pm
a moderated discussion about the role higher education can play in achieving a more just society in a challenging budget session.
Disabling Relations: Injured Bodyminds & Active Witnessing – Sona Kazemi Hill.
January 14, 3:00pm.
Register at https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAlceuoqD0jGNz
The Center for Humanities. While settler-colonialism has received some attention in Disability Studies, imperialism has largely remained unexplored. .
The Roles of Culture and Collaboration in Preventing Suicide and Substance Misuse in Indigenous Communities
January 21, 2021, 3pm-4pm – online
This webinar will provide an overview of the connections between suicide and substance misuse, the necessity of community partnerships, and ways in which culture can prevent suicide and substance misuse.
Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.
Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization
April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families.
Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology
May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW.
Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions
June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW.
Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals
Deadline: January 21, 2021
The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders.
Conferences, Trainings and Workshops
Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences
Deadline Tuesday January 19, 2021 2 pm PST. Now accepting applications for 2021. . The MMRTP Retreat will be held in the Summer of 2021
Team Science Boot Camp,
February 1-5, 12:00-2:00pm daily, 2021. Improve your team effectiveness and meet your research objectives with less stress and more enjoyment. This year the boot camp will all be online, making this is a great chance for teams from around the region and beyond to take advantage of this training! After you register, the Team Science leaders will customize the training and create an agenda based on what the participating teams say are their biggest challenges. Cost is free.
8th Annual Global Well-Being and Social Change Conference, April 14-16, 2021
Deadline December 31, 2020
This year’s theme: GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP: ACKNOWLEDGING INTERCONNECTEDNESS AND CULTIVATING SOCIAL JUSTICE
9th Annual LGBTQ Research Symposium June 3 – 4, 2021 (fully online)
January 02, 2021
Theme: “Looking Back, Moving Forward: Queerness, Accessibility, Intersectionality”
Supporting Survivors of Suicide Loss
January 5, 2021 2:00 ET
This webinar will discuss common reactions, emotions, and the challenges that survivors of suicide loss may experience. This webinar will equip healthcare providers with the tools needed to support survivors. |
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Call for Papers
American Journal of Public Health: COVID-19, Racism, and Public Health Infrastructure
Deadline: January 21, 2021
AJPH invites editorials, commentaries, essays, public health practice, and research articles that critically examine how the public health infrastructure has influenced responses to COVID-19 and responses to systemic racism.
39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies
39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies
Fellowship Applications
Fritz & Boeing International Fellowships
Deadline: February 1, 2021
These grants are available to fund international research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Please see this website for eligibility and further application instructions.
UWRA Scholarship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
The University of Washington Retirement Association, a membership organization of retired UW faculty and staff, announces the availability of scholarships for UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students with a focus on research related to aging or on the provision of services to older adults. Up to three awards of up to $4,000 each.
UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
A one-quarter fellowship that supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns.
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education
Deadline: January 15, 2021
this issue will examine how technology opportunities are being used to replace in-person educational activities. Effective methods for enhancing teaching, professional development, trainings, and continuing education for Social Work and other helping professions will be highlighted.
Social Service Review Special Issue: “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration”
Deadline April 30, 2021
Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work
Deadline: June 01, 2021
The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism.
To access an array of research resources, including guiding principles, proposal development, sample grant applications, human subject reviews and more go to MySSW. For information on the latest COVID-19 research opportunities, go here.
The NCORE Student Scholar Program supports a paid conference registration for each student recipient. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. It is hoped that the scholarship awards will serve as an incentive for higher education institutions to support student participation in the conference.
Submission deadline: January 11, 2021
Click here for requirements and more information.
Reminder
Today is the last day for Courtney Howell, the OFFER newsletter’s wonderful, and first editor. Please let’s all wish them well in their new position as an administrator for RedCap. (And if you need RedCap assistance, their skills are fortunately still available to us through the University’s RedCap services!) We are searching for a new person to fill their position, but in the meantime please send anything you want posted in the newsletter to my email (rlevy@uw.edu) with, as usual, the word newsletter in the subject line.
Thanks!
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Highlighted News
Early bird registration for SSWR ends January 4, 2021.
All presenters/speakers are required to register for the conference and must be current 2021 SSWR members. This includes ALL oral paper and poster presenters, symposia organizers, symposia paper presenters and discussants, and workshop and roundtable speakers and SIG conveners.
Register here
Mixed Methods Research Training Program for the Health Sciences
We are now accepting applications for 2021. The deadline for submission is Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 5pm Eastern Time. The MMRTP Retreat will be held in the Summer of 2021 |
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Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities
Selected Grant Opportunities
Competitive and Administrative Supplements for Community Interventions to Reduce the Impact of COVID-19 on Health Disparity and Other Vulnerable Populations”
Deadline: December 30, 2020
Research is needed to test community interventions focused on the prevention (or slowing) of COVID-19 transmission, evaluate local and state policies and programs intended to mitigate COVID-19 exposure and improve adherence, and reduce the negative impact of the multifaceted consequences on the health of populations who experience health disparities and other vulnerable groups.
Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19
Deadline: December 30, 2020
In order to significantly improve near term impact of treatment and identification of individuals at risk for, or experiencing worsening health secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic across the full lifespan, supplements will focus particularly on NIH-designated health disparity (racial/ethnic minorities, less privileged socioeconomic status, rural residents and sexual and gender minorities) and other populations with medical or social vulnerabilities.
Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program
Deadline: January 29, 2021
This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply.
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants
Deadline: February 01, 2021
Funds aim to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. These grants focus on building capacity in the research field by addressing questions relevant to early childhood programs that serve low-income children and families, as well as on fostering mentoring relationships between faculty members and doctoral students.
*Newly Added*
Alice F. Chang Cancer Wellness Grant
Deadline: February 1, 2021
Up to $9,000 to support research and research-based projects to improve the lives of cancer patients and/or cancer survivors through psychology.
APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
Deadline: February 15, 2021
Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape.
Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities. |
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Research Events
*Newly Added*
The More the Merrier? THC Potency in the Legalization Era
December 17, 10am – online
Learn how legalization for non-medical marijuana use has transformed the cannabis plant into manufactured products of high THC potency. Washington State researchers will share a recently published Washington State Scientists Consensus Statement on high potency cannabis and the findings of an accompanying report from this same group.
Speaker Series: Leaders in Prevention Science
The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the UW School of Social Work is pleased to present a Leaders in Prevention Science speaker series to share the work of leading scholars with our colleagues.
January 6, 1:00pm Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington
Leveraging Systems Change For Substance Misuse Prevention
January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:30am – 11am – online
This six-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work.
The Roles of Culture and Collaboration in Preventing Suicide and Substance Misuse in Indigenous Communities
January 21, 2021, 3pm-4pm – online
This webinar will provide an overview of the connections between suicide and substance misuse, the necessity of community partnerships, and ways in which culture can prevent suicide and substance misuse.
Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.
Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization
April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families.
Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology
May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW.
Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions
June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW. |
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Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals
Deadline: January 21, 2021
The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders.
MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Deadline: February 3, 2021
NIA’s MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences is designed to help strengthen the pipeline of physician-scientist leaders dedicated to using social and behavioral science approaches to addressing the nation’s challenges posed by Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias (AD/ADRD). This FOA provides support to eligible domestic institutions to develop and implement effective approaches to integrated dual-degree training leading to the award of both an MD and a research doctorate degree (PhD or equivalent). |
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Conferences, Trainings and Workshops
39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies |
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Fellowship Applications
Fritz & Boeing International Fellowships
Deadline: February 1, 2021
These grants are available to fund international research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Please see this website for eligibility and further application instructions.
UWRA Scholarship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
The University of Washington Retirement Association, a membership organization of retired UW faculty and staff, announces the availability of scholarships for UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students with a focus on research related to aging or on the provision of services to older adults. Up to three awards of up to $4,000 each.
UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
A one-quarter fellowship that supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns. |
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Call for Papers
Special Issue of Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education
Deadline: January 15, 2021
This issue will focus on continuing education and training practices that have been developed in the face of challenges experienced by educators during the COVID-19 era as well as best practices in online continuing education and training that were in use prior to the pandemic. Specifically, this issue will examine how technology opportunities are being used to replace in-person educational activities. Effective methods for enhancing teaching, professional development, trainings, and continuing education for Social Work and other helping professions will be highlighted.
Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work
Deadline: June 01, 2021
The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism, and be able to more effectively address and confront the phenomenon in their professional practice. Preferred manuscripts will provide a systemic and rigorous formative or summative assessment of current initiatives or offer a detailed and conceptually focused description and rationale for prospective plans. |
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To access an array of research resources, including guiding principles, proposal development, sample grant applications, human subject reviews and more go to MySSW. For information on the latest COVID-19 research opportunities, go here. |
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Important Departure News
Our wonderful founding Editor-in-Chief, Courtney Howell, will be leaving their OFFER position and moving on to work full time as a UW RedCap administrator. Their last day (and newsletter) with us will be on the 15th of December. Someone else will be stepping in to resume newsletter coordination after the first week of 2021, but until then I (Rona Levy) will be point of contact for newsletter items.
Please send anything you want posted to rlevy@uw.edu.
Highlighted News
To access an array of research resources, including guiding principles, proposal development, sample grant applications, human subject reviews and more go to MySSW. For information on the latest COVID-19 research opportunities, go here.
Moo-Hyun Kim’s Qualifying Paper Defense
Title: The Effects of Different Types of Child Maltreatment on Suicidal Ideation
Date: Friday, Dec 18, 11am – noon
Link here
Recent Publications
Hawkins, J.D. (2021). Foreword. In D.P. Farrington, H. Jonkman & F. Groeger-Roth (Eds.), Delinquency and substance use in Europe: Understanding risk and protective factors (pp. v-ix). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature
Haggerty, K. P., & Carlini, B. H. (2020). Commentary: Understanding the intergenerational transmission of substance use and problem behavior: Implications for future research and preventive interventions. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 34, 894-897.
Lee, J.O, Yoon,Y., Idrisov, B., Kiriazova, T, Makarenko, O., Sereda, Y., Bendiks, S., Cody,K., Schoenberger, S.F., Nurius, P.S., Halim,N., Flanigan, T., Samet, J.H., Liebschutz, J., & Lunze, K. (in press). Violence, HIV risks, and polysubstance use among HIV-positive people who inject drugs in Ukraine. AIDS and Behavior.
Kim, E. B., Johnson, J., Rhinehart, L., Logan-Greene, Lomeli, J., Nurius, P. S. (in press). The school-to-prison pipeline for probation youth with special education needs. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Shillington , A. M, Gehlert, S., Nurius, P. S., Delva, J., Hooyman, N. R,, Manderscheid, R. W., & Palinkas, L. A. (in press). COVID-19 and long-term impacts on tenure line careers. JSSWR
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University of Washington and Washington State University Workgroup. (2020). Cannabis Concentration and Health Risks. A report for the Washington State Prevention Research Subcommittee.
A workgroup of researchers from the UW and WSU convened to better understand the health and behavioral risks of high potency cannabis use. The intent of the workgroup was to provide policy makers with a summary of evidence on risk to health and behavior, with the goal of informing policy and practice. This report provides a consensus statement and offers a summary of research evidence supporting the consensus.
The report can be viewed here
Temporary Coordinator Opportunity
Do you have some experience and temporary availability to work on an interesting project and help get a data sharing agreement update through state agencies over the next 6 weeks? This position would be about 20% FTE thru 1/15. If so, please contact Jennie Romich at romich@uw.edu.
Current Research Funding Opportunities
List of all active NIH grant opportunities
Selected Grant Opportunities
Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program
Deadline: December 12, 2020
The Outreach Program is a community-based grant program aimed towards promoting rural health care services by enhancing health care delivery to rural underserved populations in the local community or region. Through consortia of local health care and social service providers, communities can develop innovative approaches to challenges related to the specific health needs in rural areas that expand clinical and service capacity in rural communities.
Competitive and Administrative Supplements for Community Interventions to Reduce the Impact of COVID-19 on Health Disparity and Other Vulnerable Populations”
Deadline: December 30, 2020
Research is needed to test community interventions focused on the prevention (or slowing) of COVID-19 transmission, evaluate local and state policies and programs intended to mitigate COVID-19 exposure and improve adherence, and reduce the negative impact of the multifaceted consequences on the health of populations who experience health disparities and other vulnerable groups.
Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19
Deadline: December 30, 2020
In order to significantly improve near term impact of treatment and identification of individuals at risk for, or experiencing worsening health secondary to the COVID-19 pandemic across the full lifespan, supplements will focus particularly on NIH-designated health disparity (racial/ethnic minorities, less privileged socioeconomic status, rural residents and sexual and gender minorities) and other populations with medical or social vulnerabilities.
Population Health Initiative’s 2021 Pilot Research Grant Program
Deadline: January 29, 2021
This program is intended to encourage the development of new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical challenges to population health. Faculty members and PI-eligible research scientists from all three UW campuses (Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma) are encouraged to apply.
*Newly Added*
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Head Start Dissertation Grants
Deadline: February 01, 2021
Funds aim to support dissertation research by advanced graduate students who are working in partnership with Head Start programs and with faculty mentors. These grants focus on building capacity in the research field by addressing questions relevant to early childhood programs that serve low-income children and families, as well as on fostering mentoring relationships between faculty members and doctoral students.
APF Dr. Christine Blasey-Ford Grant
Deadline: February 15, 2021
Up to $1,250 to support innovative work to support research focusing on the understanding, prevention and/or treatment of the consequences of exposure to traumatic events such as sexual assault, sexual harassment and/or rape.
Health Policy Research Scholars
Deadline: March 17, 2021
Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for second-year doctoral students in any academic discipline who want to apply their research to help build healthier and more equitable communities.
Research Events
Speaker Series: Leaders in Prevention Science
The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the UW School of Social Work is pleased to present a Leaders in Prevention Science speaker series to share the work of leading scholars with our colleagues.
December 9, 2:00pm Guillermo (Willy) Prado, University of Miami
January 6, 1:00pm Margaret Kuklinski, University of Washington
Dates and time vary depending on the speaker’s availability. Each event is schedule to last no more than 1.5 hours. A Zoom invitation will be sent for each event.
Leveraging Systems Change For Substance Misuse Prevention
January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, and 10, 9:30am – 11am – online
This six-week distance learning series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore the role of systems change in substance misuse prevention. Participants will examine capacities shown to enable evidence-based interventions to achieve and sustain expected results and learn how to incorporate these into their work.
*Newly Added*
The Roles of Culture and Collaboration in Preventing Suicide and Substance Misuse in Indigenous Communities
January 21, 2021, 3pm-4pm – online
This webinar will provide an overview of the connections between suicide and substance misuse, the necessity of community partnerships, and ways in which culture can prevent suicide and substance misuse.
Strengthening Relationships and Repairing Harm: A Paradigm Shift in School Discipline Practice and Research – Anne Gregory
March 3, 2021, 8:30am – 9:45am – online
Dr. Anne Gregory will discuss school and district efforts to reduce punitive approaches to discipline, decrease racial disparities in suspensions, and increase access to social emotional learning and restorative practices. She will further discuss researcher social positionality and ways of conducting equity-oriented research from the stance of strengthening relationships and repairing harm.
Using a Racial Equity Theory of Change to Facilitate Collaboration Between University Researchers and a Community Based Organization
April 7, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Ilene Schwartz PhD, BCBA-D, Professor of Special Education and Director of the Haring Center for Research and Training in Education at the University of Washington and Ginger Kwan, Executive Director of Open Doors for Multicultural Families.
Indigenous Systems of Relationality: Designing for Transformative Agency in Indigenous Community Psychology
May 5, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Emma Elliott-Groves, Ph.D., MSW – Assistant Professor in the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development in the College of Education, UW.
Culturally Responsive School Mental Health Interventions
June 2, 2021 – 8:30 – 9:45am
Janine Jones, PhD, NCSP – Professor of School Psychology and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Education, UW.
Fellowships, Internships and Job Opportunities
Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Professionals
Deadline: January 21, 2021
The purpose of the BHWET Program for Professionals is to increase the supply of behavioral health professionals while also improving distribution of a quality behavioral health workforce and thereby increasing access to behavioral health services. A special focus is placed on the knowledge and understanding of children, adolescents, and transitional-aged youth at risk for behavioral health disorders.
MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Deadline: February 3, 2021
NIA’s MD-PhD Training Program in Alzheimer’s Disease and Its Related Dementias and the Behavioral and Social Sciences is designed to help strengthen the pipeline of physician-scientist leaders dedicated to using social and behavioral science approaches to addressing the nation’s challenges posed by Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias (AD/ADRD). This FOA provides support to eligible domestic institutions to develop and implement effective approaches to integrated dual-degree training leading to the award of both an MD and a research doctorate degree (PhD or equivalent).
Conferences, Trainings and Workshops
Effectively Managing Family Conflict: A Sample from Guiding Good Choices Virtual Parenting Program
December 10, 2020, 11am – 12:30pm – online
Many families are experiencing the combined stressors of the pandemic and the pending holiday season. Prevention practitioners are seeking timely ways to reach out to families with relevant tools, practices, and programs that are research-based and available in an online format.
Data for Black Lives Conference
December 11-13, 2020 Cambridge, MA
Data for Black Lives is a movement of activists, organizers, and mathematicians committed to the mission of using data science to create concrete and measurable change in the lives of Black people. But history tells a different story, one in which data is too often wielded as an instrument of oppression, reinforcing inequality and perpetuating injustice. Redlining was a data-driven enterprise that resulted in the systematic exclusion of Black communities from key financial services.
39th Annual Protecting Our Children National American Indian Conference
April 11-14, 2021 – online
This four-day conference will have keynote speakers ranging from federal officials at the highest level of government to youth with lived experience in child welfare systems. They will also share the latest research on the well-being of AI/AN children and effective child welfare and children’s mental health services, practices, and policies
Fellowship Applications
Fritz & Boeing International Fellowships
Deadline: February 1, 2021
These grants are available to fund international research and/or study periods of three months, corresponding to regular UW quarter dates. Please see this website for eligibility and further application instructions.
UWRA Scholarship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
The University of Washington Retirement Association, a membership organization of retired UW faculty and staff, announces the availability of scholarships for UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students with a focus on research related to aging or on the provision of services to older adults. Up to three awards of up to $4,000 each.
UWRA Patricia Dougherty Fellowship in Aging
Deadline: January 29, 2021
A one-quarter fellowship that supports graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns.
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education
Deadline: January 15, 2021
This issue will focus on continuing education and training practices that have been developed in the face of challenges experienced by educators during the COVID-19 era as well as best practices in online continuing education and training that were in use prior to the pandemic. Specifically, this issue will examine how technology opportunities are being used to replace in-person educational activities. Effective methods for enhancing teaching, professional development, trainings, and continuing education for Social Work and other helping professions will be highlighted.
Special Issue: Journal of Teaching in Social Work
Deadline: June 01, 2021
The principal focus of the special issue will be on how to strengthen and enhance the curricula of accredited social work programs with respect to preparing graduates to better understand systemic anti-Black racism, and be able to more effectively address and confront the phenomenon in their professional practice. Preferred manuscripts will provide a systemic and rigorous formative or summative assessment of current initiatives or offer a detailed and conceptually focused description and rationale for prospective plans.
COVID-19
For general COVID-19 information and resources, go to The Huddle: UW Medicine and School of Social Work COVID-19 Information & Resources.
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